May
13
2012
This week, one of the best songs off first Slash’s solo output, It’s five o’ clock somewhere (1995). It even made it as a single, but the video version in edited (1 min shorter), so enjoy the studio version of this minor rock n’ roll classic. :)
May
6
2012
A minor classic from the brilliant Jacobites, a band in the vein of the most melancholic and bluesy Rolling Stones. Guitarist Dave Kusworth played with the Dogs D’Amour on their first album and Nikki Sudden had a career both in new wave, with the Swell Maps, and in classic / garage bluesy rock, with his solo material.
Enjoy!
Apr
29
2012
Time for some early psychobilly!
Enjoy the black humor and the punk energy of this amazing band. This is the first song off their first album, “Disgraceland” (1987).
Apr
28
2012
I’ve got some quick and juicy updates for you.
-Added save states to the Majin/ Fiends of Shin Megami Tensei’s page.
-Updated j80 and x88000 emulators in the PC88 page.
-Updated PC6001 emulators in the PC60 page.
Enjoy! ;)
Apr
22
2012
Chrysys, Aphrodite's main character, drawn by Milo Manara
I’ve wrote an essay about Louÿs’s most known work, Aphrodite (also known as Ancient Manners in some old English translations), one of the best and most interesting erotic novels from the late 1800 and one of the most overlooked books spawned by decadentism. I’ve taken the liberty to delight your eyes with some beautiful illustrations by Milo Manara in the article, so you don’t risk to get bored :D
Also, I’ve updated the FM-Towns main list with more stuff.
Enjoy the ride!
Apr
22
2012
This week I’m offering to you a bit of romance…
Dave Kusworth (ex Jacobites, ex Dogs D’Amour) is an English rocker in the vein of the Faces and Rolling Stones, a bitter balladeer with a very melancholic romantic side.
Over the years he played with various bands and released various albums, but unfortunately, most of them are very hard to find, even online.
His best known works are the ones with the Jacobites (along with the sadly departed legend Nikki Sudden) and the first album of the Dogs D’Amour, the state I’m in, in which he played guitar.
Enjoy :)
PS: Tomorrow, Illusion City will blow out it’s first candle! This year passed so fast and many things have changed…happy birthday, city of sweet illusions, illusions which rhyme reality and sometimes are it’s shadow on the wall, under the midday sun…
Apr
15
2012
Time for some punkish hard rock :)
Kristy Majors (former member of the Pretty Boy Floyd) in this song, title track for his 2006 albun “Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll”, brings here a nice and very well working mix of raw punk roots, in particular the Ramones are an obvious and very strong influence on this disc, American straightforward hard rock and simple and catchy melodies with a modern production which, luckily, doesn’t castrate and dull out the raw power of the music.
I was thinking about writing a review for the album, but there isn’t much more to say about it…there are a couple of fillers but on the whole it’s a great album, not innovative at all but very powerful, full of a very raw and primordial energy. The lyrics are often intelligent and sometimes slightly ironic.
Come see me and take a ride, feel the power of the darker side
You know you want it, and now you need it
Burn with me, and pay the price, feel the power of the sacrifice
I know you want it, and now you need it
Come with me and burn in hell, a limousine will do you well.
I just wanna know, I just wanna know…
Do you wanna sell your soul?
Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll!!
Do you wanna sell your soul?
Sell your soul to rock ‘n’ roll!!
Apr
10
2012
I’ve updated the Majin’s page with some new informations, battle videos and a link for the excellent guide that Nakratos wrote regarding the Majins.
Enjoy :)
Apr
8
2012
Happy Easter! Speaking of resurrection…enjoy this nice hard rock track from Skin and Bones (from their only full length album, “not a pretty sight”)
Apr
1
2012
This is one of the best songs off maybe the most intimate and introspective album by ex Hanoi Rocks’s frontman Michael Monroe…
The whole album is top notch quality and the songs are very well played and, most important thing of all, very felt intimately.
Enjoy… :)