• Home
  • Store
  • Singles Going Steady Podcast
  • The Beef People
  • Alert
  • About

Zub Records

  • Home
  • Store
  • Singles Going Steady Podcast
  • The Beef People
  • Alert
  • About

ZUB ALERT

Jan 26 2023

Catch-up Review! 2021 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

 

I noticed the other day that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2022 was airing on HBO in anticipation of the 2023 ceremony. This made me realize I had not finished my review of the 2021 broadcast. The time …Read more

Nov 10 2021

Hello Again, Live Music: Elvis Costello & The Imposters @ Belk Theater CLT 10/20/21

Elvis and Charlie in CLT 10.20.21 

photo by Adrienne Meddock

 

The last time I saw live music in person was March 7, 2020. The promise of a masked and vaxxed audience in a well-ventilated venue lured me back to see …Read more

Nov 2 2021

Review: Netflix's Inventing Davis Geffen

  David Geffen would have to be invented if he didn't already exist. First aired on PBS (American Masters), then on Netflix, this  view of Geffen, agent, record label owner, and movie producer, is mostly from his own words, …Read more

Sep 12 2021

SHQ July Swelter: Wherein we all get a case of the Nixons

Friday July 2: “Insertion Issues”  Auspicious beginning! The Telecaster is out and ‘Give it to The Soft Boys’ starts us off, with some random video looping courtesy StageIt that lends an unintentional arty, cool effect. It’s a bit of artistic …Read more

Sep 2 2021

The Hold Steady's New LP: Open Door Policy

It’s no secret that Adrienne and I were geeks. We met at a High School Model United Nations conference and I believe life has never been the same for either of us. Both history wonks, we knew that The Open …Read more

Aug 7 2021

Questlove's Summer of Soul Provides Context and Cool

Questlove's directorial debut is a dazzling contemporary look at a summer series of concerts filmed in Harlem in 1969. The new documentary is based on over 40 hours of high quality video tape made by Hal Tulchin (read his…

Read more

Jul 31 2021

MUSIC IS OUR FRIEND: King Crimson at ATL's Fox Theater

This was it for me. My first rock show since the pandemic began. First since my transplant surgery and stroke. The tour: Music is Our Friend.  

And the band was the legendary King Crimson, the band that essentially invented ‘prog-rock,’…

Read more

Jul 26 2021

What Is It About Panel Shows and the Brits?

R: Feminist icon Germaine Greer, Alan Davies (QI), Richard Osman (Pointless), some bloke named Jermaine. F: David Mitchell, Rob Brydon, Lee Mack on an episode of Would I Lie to You.

Born  in America, but a uniquely British phenomenon,…

Read more

Jul 16 2021

June SHQ: Intercontinental Grooving

So June finds us well into the parallel arrangement with our Sweet Home being based not only in London (The Scottish Folds, Robyn, and sound reinforcement by Andy Washington) but in Oz, with Our Emma preparing for her Australian tour …Read more

Jun 28 2021

May Flies: Sweet Home Quarantine with Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift

 

5-5-21 RH BY Request Robyn Hitchcock is sweaty with the new May heat. Declaring he’s in a “clammy paradise,”  because he took a couple of “Nixon pills”  and he's come up with some new compound from Tubby and Ringo rubbing …Read more

Jun 15 2021

Rufus Does Judy at Capitol Studios

To acknowledge Judy Garland’s 99th birthday, Rufus Wainwright put together a spectacular streaming concert experience. Since 2006, when Rufus released his own version of “Judy Live at Carnegie Hall,” he has performed the double album in its entirety at a …Read more

Jun 8 2021

April Sweet Home Quarantine with Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift

Who made that request?  4/7/21  Welcome welcome to April!  Tonight I scoot in a wee bit late; RH enters my screen adorned in a top hat and playing’ Erasing Your Life’ from the Tromso, Kaptein record, followed by what Robyn …Read more

May 20 2021

Madness: The Get Up! Global Live Stream

 

Charlie Higson and Suggs at the London Palladium  The weekend of March 14, Madness, the stalwarts of the nutty, nutty, second-wave ska sound, hosted a bold streaming event. The ticket price ($24 in the US) was healthy and a real …Read more

May 10 2021

March Grooving with Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift

We have stored up a number of accounts of the fantastic Sweet Home Quarantine Shows given by Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift from their Nashville home. For excellent trainspotting setlists of these shows, see Marcus Slade’s impeccably curated listings at …Read more

Apr 28 2021

R Hitchcock & E Swift Sweet Home Quarantine February 2021

Lo-res Image of Reg & Em, Sweet Home Quarantine 

So we are a bit late in sharing our thoughts on the marvelous Sweet Home Quarantine shows with Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift. Here are accounts of the February SHQ shows.  …Read more

Feb 25 2021

150 Glimpses Of The Beatles by Craig Brown

I’ve read dozens of books about The Beatles, and I’m pretty familiar with all the old stories. So, as this book opens up, I got the impression it would be a retelling of many of the same chestnuts. Luckily was …Read more

Feb 19 2021

Sturgill Simpson - Cuttin' Grass Vol 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions)

I’ve written about Sturgill Simpson a few times, seeing him live in electric rock mode with Tyler Childers (tinyurl.com/zubsturgill) and the amazing bluegrass live stream he did from an empty Ryman Auditorium (tinyurl.com/zubryman). Sturgill was raising …Read more

Feb 12 2021

Upstart Crow: The Sitcom's The Thing

 

Ben Elton is the author behind three seasons of one of the most inventive and emotionally compelling comedies, BBC’s Black Adder. Historical accuracy interlaced with hilarious and well-crafted anachronisms, the series finale is one of the most effective ever. I …Read more

Feb 10 2021

HBO's Lovecraft Country

 

 

In a nutshell, I absolutely loved this show. It was must-see TV at my house. Also, the show is a complete mess. Written by Misha Green (also behind the historical show Underground), Lovecraft Country is an adaptation of Matt …Read more

Feb 1 2021

This Is Spinal Tap - Virtual Reunion for PA Democrats

 

This Is Spinal Tap is a touchstone in my life. Indeed, most musicians are great fans. The 1984 film is the ultimate parody of musicians and life on the road. It was probably the first of the so-called ‘mockumentary’ films, …Read more

Jan 30 2021

Chuck Klosterman: Killing Yourself To Live (85% Of A True Story)

 

 

This is an old book, copyright 2005. I found a copy at a thrift store in Durham, NC. I had read Klosterman’s Fargo Rock City years back, I knew he was a great writer that worked within the rock critic …Read more

Jan 25 2021

Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook

 

There’s no secret how much I love Joy Division; I've been following the short-lived group since 1979. I’ve read many books about the band, including Deborah Curtis’ Touching From A Distance and Jon Savage’s excellent oral history of the band, …Read more

Jan 22 2021

Robyn Hitchcock: -The Man Downstairs: Demos and Rarities

 

In 2014, Robyn released The Man Upstairs, a folk record produced by the legendary producer Joe Boyd, known for his work with Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Nick Drake. Robyn has said the concept of the record is like a …Read more

Jan 18 2021

Monty Python: Almost The Truth Documentary

 

Monty Python’s Flying Circus is in my DNA.  The British comedy troupe that performed four seasons of their anarchic, silly television comedy show started in Britain in 1970. By 1974, my very young self was watching these shows presented in …Read more
View all posts

2018 © Zub Records. All Rights Reserved.

  • Log out