Stuff You Might Have Missed

Hey again, team….

Well, lots of things have been bubbling to the surface of late that I’ve wanted to put up here. As such, some of the items below may prompt you to roll your eyes and exclaim, “Oh, Alex…this is SOOO last week!” Give yourself a gold star. In any case, if you did miss any of this stuff, I’ve gathered it up for your perusing pleasure. Wasn’t that exceptionally swell of me?

Do you know any of the punks in the photo above (taken in Bristol, UK back in the early 80’s?). If so, Virgin wants to hear from you.

Wayne from the Mission picks his favorite albums. Some of his choices might surprise ya.

Can you tell the difference between IKEA and DEATH METAL?

Vulture catches up with Adam Horovitz from the Beasties and finds he doesn’t like “drunk mthrfckrs” in his neighborhood. 

Morgan Freeman narrates “Franklin’s Shitty Vacation.” Okay, it’s not really, but it’s a staggeringly good impression.

Vampire Weekend (above, in Courtlandt Alley off Canal) reviews the new Drake album in lovingly incongruous fashion.

Former Talking Head and bike enthusiast David Byrne may leave New York due to wealth inequality.

It's an argument I've been making for years, but early Ministry kicked ass!!

The ten most dangerous places in New York City (yep, that's one of them up above).

Lee Ving of FEAR plays smooth jazz!

And, to close, here’s a lovely clip of Galaxie 500 playing their stately rendition of “Ceremony” (which I wrote at greater length about here).