Jeffrey Lewis "The Complete History of Punk Rock Pre-1975"

Photo by Eric Lippe

You only wish you had teachers like this! In this incredible video Jeffrey Lewis performs his musical lesson "The Complete History of Punk Rock and It's Development On the Lower East Side 1950 - 1975." Try to keep up - note taking is not mandatory, however, there will be a test!  Buckle up musical history buffs...it's going to be a bumpy ride!



If you should need to review:
"When That Great Ship Went Down" - William and Versey Smith - video
"Euphoria" - The Holy Modal Rounders - documentary trailer
"I'm Waiting For the Man" - Lou Reed and John Cale - video
"New Amphetamine Shriek" - The Fugs  - not the song, but a twisted clip from the film Chappaqua
"Nothing" - The Fugs - video (I think this song may have been inspiration for the show "Seinfeld")
"White Cat Heat" - The Godz - Listen to the song on their MySpace page
"I'm Waiting For the Man" - The Velvet Underground - video
"Mother Where Is My Father" - David Peel - clip of John Lennon recalling meeting David Peel
"1969" - The Stooges - a clip with funny commentary over some amazing Iggy footage from 1970
"Lower East Side" - David Peel - wikipedia
"I Want to Kill You" - David Peel
"Psychotic Reaction" - Count Five - video
"Gloria" - Patti Smith - video
"Personality Crisis" - New York Dolls - video
"Blank Generation" - Richard Hell & the Voidoids - clip from odd film trailer






Many thanks to my friend J.G. for pointing me to this video.

Also, thanks to neillondon for the upload to YouTube.

The Office Olympics As I See It

Today at work we will be boosting our team building skills and morale with The Office Olympics. It already appears as though this may turn out to be a rejected plot line from the show The Office, but there is no turning back and losing is not an option. In my dreams the afternoon will look something like this...



Please, don't wake me!



Thanks to Incesticidergp for the upload to YouTube.

David Bowie "I Can't Explain"

This video of David Bowie's cover of The Who's "I Can't Explain" is worth it just for Bowie's outfit! The song comes from Bowie's 1973 collection of cover songs, "Pinups." The album is a real time capsule of pop music - even the cover speaks to the times by featuring an image of Bowie posing with supermodel Twiggy.  Watch the video after the jump.