... Stupefaction ...

May 21, 2013

Shot by: Tony Fletcher

Life from a (broken) Window: The view through the abandoned Overlook Mountain House, above Woodstock, NY. By Tony Fletcher.

Dimmed lights on the Sunset Strip

Fittingly, The Whisky, the Roxy and The Viper Room dimmed their lights last night for 10 minutes in Ray Manzarek's honor. A touching tribute on the Sunset Strip. Photo courtesy of Carlo Asciutti & Daisy.

Stupefied: The Gary Asquith Playlist

This week's edition of the Stupefied playlist is from one my all time favorite frontmen, Gary Asquith, best known as a member of London's provocative and dubby Renegade Soundwave. Gary has long been involved with a bunch of interesting (no matter what, they're always interesting) projects beginning with early post punk efforts MASS, and Rema-Rema, moving on to Renegade Soundwave, and most recently with the Lavender Pill Mob, and some other more underground things.

Here's what Gary had to say: This was harder than making a record in my opinion. I want you to know that Nat King Cole is my favourite singer of all time - I grew up listening to my father playing his albums and he's god in my house.

That's it. It could all change at the flick of a finger. I've been recording with Japanese musician Takatsuma Mukai for his new album - a track called "The Store" - called Sunya (which is sanskrit for zero or void), and I've recorded a dubby-styled 45 under the name Renegade Connection called "I Surrender" for my Le Coq Musique label for which I'm also I'm also currently working on the remixes of Rema Rema's original recordings.