Open Up & Bleed

A pixie and The Idiot

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:39:44 +0100

Looking through transcripts for background on a recent project, I rediscovered this interview with Charles Francis of Pixies. He had many insight on Iggy and his music. Here he talks about his two fav

Iggy croons

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:29:08 +0000

Readers of Open Up and Bleed will remember the story behind Avenue B; before making the album, Iggy recorded some stripped-down jazz songs with Hal Cragin. Hal played me some of these tracks when I wa

Ron Asheton and Simpson. A tribute.

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:14:09 +0000

Photo courtesy Robert Matheu www.robertmatheu.com Simpson the cat is ailing, advanced in years. Ron Asheton breaks off from his stories of heroin, macrobiotic rice and aluminium afros to attend

Ronald F Asheton

Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:16:20 +0000

I had just arrived in New York when I started to receive dozens of emails, first with the rumour and then with confirmation that Ron Asheton had been found dead, at the house on High Lake where he had

Paul Trynka interview

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:14:38 +0000

Eric Whelchel was kind enough to feature an interview with me on blogcritics org. You can find the interview here.