The 1980’s concert series continues with this appearance by GP and his crack band on the German teevee show Rockpalast: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Graham Parker and The Rumour Live In 1980
This is not a Morrison/Hooker extravaganza but a set by Van the Man with an appearance by John Lee during the encore. It’s Van in a good mood and sans chapeau: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Van Morrrison Live at the Beacon Theatre in 1989
David Bowie had a direct connection to the cultural zeitgeist for a very long time. He adopted a series of personas during the 1970’s and ’80’s, all of them successful and very interesting. In 1983, he decided he wanted to be the biggest rock star in the world and released Let’s Dance. It worked. This video documents the wildly successful and popalicious tour in support of that album: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight Tour
This clip has sub-titles but it beats the hell out of cutting and pasting multiple clips. I’ll miss James Gandolfini’s regular guy charm: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: James Gandolfini On Inside The Actor’s Studio
I recently saw the awesome Great Performances special on the 25th Anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland. It’s not online in an embeddable form yet, but this great concert from the Rhythm Of The Saints tour is: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Paul Simon Live In Central Park In 1991
It’s Joni Mitchell week here at First Draft.Shadows and Light is a cinematic souvenir of Joni’s tour in support of the Mingus albumfeaturing an all-star band of jazz musicians: Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias, Michael Brecker, and Lyle Mays. Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Shadows and Light
It’sa bit blurry but it’s the whole set Bryan, Phil and the gang played on Swedish teeevee. Yumpin’ yiminy: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Roxy Music Live in Sweden in 1976
Ray Manzarek, Doors keyboard player and keeper of the flame died earlier this week. The best piece I read about him this week was by my countryman, Alexis Petridis, in the Guardian. Anyhoo, here are the Doors in all their live glory: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl In 1968
I still have Star Trek on my mind. I stumbled into this documentary on cable the other day and watched it again. The fans are a bit nutty but also pretty darn intelligent, just like my readers. My favorite is the woman who is devoted to Data from TNG and calls herself a Spinerfem. Now, that’s a suffix I can get behind: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Trekkies
Since it’s gunfest weekend, here’s an appropriately titled low budget classic film noir from 1950: While I’m at it, here’s the lobby card: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Gun Crazy
1945 Campaign poster via the Labour archive. Americans love *certain* British Prime Ministers but Clement Atlee is not one of them. Perhaps it’s because he ran the great reforming post-World War II Labour government that established the NHS. Socialism, bad; Thatcherism good. Atlee was a mousy and uncharismatic figure but a bona fide political genius.He is also *very* highly regarded in the UK, where he usually ranks as one of the top 3 PMs and more often than not #1, at least in the hearts of us commie pinko types. This BBC 4 documentary is an excellent introduction to Clem … Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Improbable Mr. Atlee
Here’s the penultimate episode of an 8 part series done by the Daily Telegraph about Margaret Thatcher’s political career. I like this one the best as it describes how her own party knifed her. For some reason, the Tories haven’t mentioned this since her death. I cannot imagine why: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Thatcher’s Fall
There was a great story at Salon about REM’s breakup earlier this week. I’ve been on a Stipe, Mills, Buck, Berry et al bender ever since. Here they are rocking RiO; Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: REM Live in Rio in 2001
It’s been a pretty darn Winwoody week here at First Draft, so I thought I’d top it off with Steve’s appearance on Soundstage: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Steve Winwood Live In 2004
Live In Gainesville, FL, in 2006 with special guest Stevie Nicks: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 30th Anniversary Concert
The live music series continues with this awesome 2000 live set from an artist with bigger hair and more tattoos than the average bear: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Brian Setzer Orchestra Live In Japan
Here are Mike Scott and company on German teevee: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Waterboys Live In 2007
Here’s some pop magic from Jeff Lynne and company: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: ELO Live In 2001
The very first episode of the BBC series featuring one of the dumbest people I’ve ever seen. It could be tag lined, Gordon swears and hurls: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Ramsay’s Kitchen Nighmare- Bonaparte’s
I am old enough to remember when Rod Stewart was the darling of the music critics and the Faces were the best rock and roll bar band in the world. That, of course, makes me older than the fricking hills. Here’s Rod, Woody, Ronnie, Ian and Kenny in their heyday: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Faces Live On The BBC In 1972
Dr A and I just watched the American Masters profile of gospel singer/rock pioneer, Sister Rosetta Tharpe. It turns out that Sister Rosetta and a bunch of other Yanks including Muddy Waters did a kinda goody show on British teevee in 1964. I’d never heard of it before, so my leg is all tingly, Tweety style. It was filmed in a train station in Manchester. Here it is: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Blues and Gospel Train 1964
Today on Adrastos’ obsession with the Jayhawks: This dates from the Rainy Day Music tour. Gary and company shared the bill with the lovely and talented Gillian Welch on January 3, 2004. It seems to be incomplete (it’s missing part of One Man’s Problem) but it’s more of the set than has turned up on the interweb before. Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Jayhawks On Austin City Limits In 2004
A smokin’ set from the rock legend: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: John Fogerty Live In LA In 2006
Yumpin’ yiminy, the music starts at the 1:45 mark with a stirring version of Cosmik Debris: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Zappa/Mothers on Swedish Teevee in 1973
The great concert series continues with this awesome set from Pete, Roger, the Ox and their sidemen and guest stars. I probably shouldn’t call Zack Starkey a mere sideman, he’s a *great* drummer. Btw, if you want to skip around, watch the video at YouTube: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: The Who Live At The Royal Albert Hall In 2000
This is long but rockalicious set from German teevee. The first chord isn’t hit until around the 2:45 mark: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos Live in 1992
Even if Turkey Day is in the rear view mirror, I’m in the mood for some MST3K. Here’s the *other* horrendous Joe Don Baker film that the gang mocked. It starts with Tom Servo’s classic Owner of a Lonely Heart riff: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: MST 3K- Final Justice
Here are the Pretenders live on teevee in 1995 with a string quartet. Dig the nutty VHS fast forwarding at the start of the show: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Isle of View
A bit of Satchmo on the penultimate day of 2012: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Louis Armstrong Live In Belgium 1959
It’s time to serve up some holiday snark with Joel, Crow and Tom Servo: Continue reading Sunday Morning Video: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians-MST3K