Two from one of my old notebooks.
Video: RIP Rainbo Records
The Palace was also Untide Records, once upon a time. We pressed our LPs at Rainbo. They were cool, all the folks at the plant. Gonna miss you forever. Thank you!
Video: Nick Cave, “Cosmic Dancer” (Marc Bolan & T. Rex)
Nick Cave covering Marc Bolan’s “Cosmic Dancer,” on “Angelheaded Hipster.” Thank you Hal Willner (1956-2020).
Remembering two evenings seeing JTE play live in Seattle, ragged artifacts from an incomplete memory.
Video: Justin Townes Earle, “Graceland” (Paul Simon)
Live at the Hamburger Küchensessions.
The dramatic, distant work of Joy Division endures as one of rock and roll’s most challenging curiosities... Their beginnings aren’t particularly extraordinary, but the band’s furious evolution over the course of just three years is testament to a fearless imagination, purposeful single-mindedness and innovative spirit as potent as any in the history of popular music.
The traveler, Justin Townes Earle, gone from the tower of song too soon.
The Palace reaches out to Nick Rennis (The Business) for his thoughts on blaming musicians for not making enough money to live on in the age of pandemic and music-streaming services.
When I listen to the songs of Nick Drake — to Nick Drake singing his songs — something shifts. The world slips just a little bit sideways. An ancient, unfamiliar door opens and I can see something beyond everyday life. Beyond that door is a world that has more depth, more truth. It’s a feeling that only exists for the present moment... then it slips away again below the surface.
Jaremy Harmer
Nick Drake: Remembered For a While (Little, Brown, and Company, 2014)
