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? and BK Breaking News!

My exclusive and in-depth interview with / feature on ? ("Question Mark") of ? and the Mysterians (of "96 Tears" fame) is finally available! You can read it here.

What's more, you can read extra exclusive web-only excerpts from the interview HERE.

New Stories and Interviews (both in "Features" and "Essays"):

New Reviews (both in "Reviews" section and under the "Blast From the Past" category): Interviews/Features Coming Soon:
  • Howard Kaylan (Turtles, Flo & Eddie) discussing My Dinner With Jimi, the movie depicting his '67 meeting with Hendrix
  • Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey! Damn!
  • Barry Tashian of Boston's legendary Remains
  • Pink Floyd tribute group The Machine
  • Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
  • Clever popsters Tally Hall
  • and plenty more. No kidding.
Reviews and More Coming Soon:
  • The Wee See DVD project from Tim DeLaughter of Polyphonic Spree
  • The re-re-reissue of Big Star's classic twofer #1 Record / Radio City
  • Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under the Covers Vol. 2
  • B.B. King Live In Africa '74 DVD
  • Muddy Waters Live at ChicagoFest
  • Creedence Clearwater Revivial - The Concert CD reissue
  • Creedence Clearwater Revivial - Covers the Classics compilation
  • Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul reissue
  • and plenty more. No kidding.

Let me tell you what I think...

Somebody -- we think it was either Elvis Costello or Frank Zappa; nobody's sure -- famously said that "writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Well, so be it. And speaking of ol' Frank, it really was him who defined rock journalism as "people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read." With that in mind, I offer musoscribe.com as my own humble addition to that proud tradition.

I've written for Billboard, Shindig!, Trouser Press, jambase.org, 60sgaragebands.com, WNC Magazine, and many other publications large and small. From 2005 until its demise, I wrote for Skope Magazine; from 2006 until the end, I served as Editor-in-Chief of that national music magazine. And for what it's worth, my music collection numbers in the several thousands. And I'm a musician (though the rewards for my being one are decidedly non-monetary).

Musoscribe.com isn't exactly a blog; I'm too busy to maintain the level of updating that would require. But the site is a living archive of my music journalism, and I do make regular updates. I hope you find the site entertaining, and perhaps even useful.

Here's what's on at Musoscribe.com:

  • Features - In the last few years -- and continuing still -- I have interviewed some of the most fascinating and influential artists on the music scene. Click into this section to read features on (and interviews with) Yoko Ono, Steven Drozd of the Flaming Lips, Neil Finn of Crowded House, bluesman Johnny Winter, and many, many more.

  • Reviews - Here you'll find informed reviews and critical assessments of recent music releases. You'll find some undiscovered gems, and get the lowdown on some really awful albums that should never have been released.

  • Essays - Career-spanning retrospectives on Pink Floyd and Todd Rundgren can be found here, plus interviews and features with important music-related figures. And more, of course, including stories on music-related technology.

  • The "Bootleg Bin" column - For every great album, there's a backstory. And often that story involves outtakes, demos and the like. Here we'll explore the greatest music you've never heard in your life.

  • The "Blast From the Past" column - Everything old is new again; as Edgard Varese famously said, "The present-day composer refuses to die!" Read reviews of notable and recent reissues.

  • (the collection) - If I had a huge collection of unreleased music (not saying I do, you understand) this is where you'd find a current inventory of it.

  • About - About me, if you care to know a bit more.

Cheers,

Bill

Finally...the Long-rumored "Bonus Material"

1. "I Believe in Father Christmas"
This is a track from December 1998 by a group called Midlife Crisis, featuring your humble host on lead vocals and cheesy home keyboard. Covering ELP at a Unitarian-Universalist church service, wouldn't ya know.

2. "Little Saint Nick"
Another Midlife Crisis track from a decade ago, this one finds me suppying the ersatz castrato and basso profundo backing tones. The Beach Boys classic.

3. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"
This is a track from December 2008 (very recently!) by a group called Back Pages, covering the Bob Seger System nugget. Me on gospel-style organ and high backing harmonies.

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The Flaming Lips at Echo Project 2007. I interviewed Steven Drozd, prime musical mover of the group, around the release of _At War with the Mystics_ Photo (c) Bill Kopp Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, live in Atlanta December 2007. I interviewed Ian Anderson in summer 2008. Photo (c) Bill Kopp Johnny Winter onstage at the Orange Peel, Asheville NC in 2007. I interviewed Johnny before the show. Photo (c) Bill Kopp Marshall Crenshaw live at the Grey Eagle, Asheville NC, 2007. Marshall and I sat down for an interview before the show. Photo (c) Bill Kopp Polyphonic Spree onstage at the Orange Peel, Asheville NC. Tim DeLaughter and I had a lively interview before this energetic performance. Photo (c) Bill Kopp Radiohead onstage in Charlotte NC in 2008. Photo (c) Bill Kopp

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