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Mojo’s Cold Shot: Joe Beard, “37 Years Old”
The blues, sometimes, is about how big my schlong is. Or, other times, how long me and my monstrous schlong can go in the sack before we blow our top. Or, still other times,
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Sonics, “Have Love, Will Travel”
Seattle spawned the 1980s-1990s garage rock revolution for good reason: Garage rock thrived out there during the 1960s, and record collectors will buy any compilation of any bunch of two-bit high-school bands that played
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Koko Taylor, “Love You Like a Woman”
“I’m gonna tell you, in plain English — just as plain as I can — I’m gonna love you like woman,” Koko says. “But I’m also gonna fight you like a man.” Holy crap.
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: The Readymen, “Shortnin’ Bread”
The politics of “Shortnin’ Bread” (download) confuse me; I choose to see it as a bunch of whacked-out Left Coast surfer dudes having a ball making fun of the crackers. That’s the best I
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: Ike Turner, “Jesus Loves Me”
“I can’t live forever, how long ya think I’m gonna wait — for forgiveness?” growls Ike Turner in a cut from his 2006 Zoho solo effort Risin’ With the Blues. Longer than you’re going
Read More »Lo-Fi Mojo: Electric Prunes, “Wah-Wah Peddle”
Popdose kicks off this regular feature with a vintage commercial for the stompbox that launched a thousand garage bands
Read More »Mojo’s Cold Shot: John Lee Hooker, “Democrat Man”
In New Hampshire, we’ve been shot up good with presidential political shrapnel for more than a year. We get canvassed on our home and cell phones, we get out-of-state college students knocking at our
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