Category Archives: Monday Rock City

Monday Rock City: The Return of Eddie Trunk

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

He’s the official ambassador of all things rock and metal; articulate, approachable, the author of not one but two sources of required reading in the form of Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Vol. I & II. Jamie Blaine catches up with Trunk on the eve of his return to VH1 for the 14th season of That Metal Show, dishing on Axl & Slash, Def Leppard, reunions, and who, but who, is gonna fill the shoes of the rock and metal giants who still walk among us? Continue reading →

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A Song Shall Lead (and Annoy) Them: “Let It Go” from Frozen

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

“Let It Go” crystallizes something intense and very real but otherwise formless, and little kids, who, bless them, do not know from “cool,” love it more than any other song, ever. Even boys. For the first time in history, boys do not categorically run from a Disney princess. They are drawn to Elsa. I am fortunate to bear witness to all of this, and so are you. At the risk of overstating it, it feels historic. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings | Tagged avenue q, Disney, DreamWorks, frozen, idina menzel, Kristen Bell, let it go, olaf, Pixar, robert lopez, Wicked | Leave a comment

Metallica Rock City: A Conversation with “Into the Black” Authors Paul Brannigan & Ian Winwood

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Metallica have plowed their way to the top, selling over 100 million records worldwide and becoming quite possibly the most successful heavy metal band of all time. Or have they? Monday Metallica Rock City talks the rise, fall and return of East Bay’s finest with the authors of the comprehensive two volume biography, Birth, School, Metallica, Death and Into the Black. (Da Capo Press) Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged Cliff Burton, Death Magnetic, Hammett, Hetfield, Ian Winwood, Into the Black, Jamie Blaine, kill 'em all, Lars, Metallica, monday rock city, Newsted, Paul Brannigan, Slayer, The Weeklings, Through the Never | 5 Comments

My Night with Nico

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Holly George-Warren

What does one do when Fellini movie star, Warhol icon, former bedmate of Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, and Jackson Browne, and frontwoman of The Velvet Underground leaves the methadone clinic and walks in to your waitressing gig? Holly George-Warren, eminent rock scribe and esteemed guest at The Weeklings, was still slinging hash when she crossed paths with the chanteuse/muse in late seventies Manhattan, but she did not let the opportunity pass her by. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, Rock and Roll Coffee, The Arts, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged alain delon, Andy Warhol, chelsea girl, fellinni, heroin, Iggy pop, Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, marble index, nico, Velvet Underground | 1 Comment

In Defense of Disco

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

At its height, the “Disco Sucks” movement drew fifty-nine thousand people to a Chicago stadium to watch a shock jock explode LPs, inciting a full-on riot of mostly white dudes. WTF? Our Robert Burke Warren, who became enamored of disco in the lusty confines of a Catholic school broom closet, writes about the music that arrived at the same time as his teens, and how it inspired him. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Philosophy, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, Religion, Sex, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged Atlanta, Bee Gees, catholic school, catholicism, Disco, disco demolition night, disco sucks, homophobia, Madonna, memoir, queer, racism, robert burke warren, saturday night fever, travolta | 6 Comments

Monday Rock City: A Conversation with Marky Ramone

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

J.M. Blaine sits down with Marky Ramone, the sole surviving member of seminal punk avatars The Ramones, to chat about Marky’s harrowing but heartwarming memoir, a rock odyssey detailing a legendarily dysfunctional quartet that included an addict, a hardcore Republican, and an OCD sufferer, all of whom, with Marky, forever altered the course of pop music, and all of whom loved Cracker Barrel. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged Andrew W.K., Cracker Barrel, Dee Dee Ramone, Dust, Jamie Blaine, Joey Ramone, johnny ramone, marky ramone, P.J. Soles, Principal Togar, richard hell, Rock & Roll High School, the ramones, Wayne County | 1 Comment

Take A Sad Song and Make It Better

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Though it seems long ago and far away, high summer in the post-Watergate Deep South did, in fact, exist. The Beatles were six years gone, but still potent enough to change the lives of kids and adults alike, almost as potent as a stoned girl answering her door clad only in a sheet. memoir from our own Robert Burke Warren. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, Uncategorized | Tagged 70s, Beatles, bildungsroman, coming-of-age, day tripper, general foods international coffees, hey jude, Jimmy Carter, seventies | 6 Comments