Ick’s Odds and Ends
My name is Prince, and I can wear a towel on my head and still be cool.- Music like Dirt has amazingly impressive coverage of Prince’s last minute gig at London’s Koko on May 10th.
- There’s a cool exhibit by artist Sean Duffy coming up at Arizona State University. It’s called “The Grove’. What is it? 18 turntables. Each turntable connected to 20 different speakers suspended above. And the really cool part? It’s completely interactive, meaning 18 bozos like me can choose the LP’s playing on each turntable. Come check it out between June 2 and September 9. I will be.
- Stereogum has new Beastie Boy video action: “Off the Grid” and “The Rat Cage”.
Heartbreakers Friday
I ask you, what better way to kick off a weekend than with vintage Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers? Here’s a nice little set from early 1980 during a two night stand at the Hammersmith-Odeon in London town.
It’s nice to hear such great quality footage of a young and vibrant Tom Petty. He and the Heartbreakers still put on an amazing show, mind you, and every music lover should make it a point to see them live at least once – but this Tom Petty: the young, angry smartass – this is the live Tom Petty to behold.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
March 7th, 1980
Hammersmith-Odeon, London
FM Broadcast (KBFH)Anything that’s Rock n Roll
Even The Losers
I Need to Know
Don’t do me Like That
Cry To Me
Refugee
American Girl
Breakdown
Too Much Ain’t Enough
ShoutYouTubin’ Petty
- Check out this 1980 footage of Petty and the boys working through Eddie Cochran’s “Sometin’ Else”.
- Singing “Listen to Her Heart” in 1978.
- Weird Al “interviews” Tom Petty.
- Finally, a man named Mark, who is missing both arms, plays “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” with his feet. I hate feet as a rule, but this is pretty cool.