Revival a night no-one with half a brain should miss

Just 10 bucks to see this line-up? You'd have to be mad to pass it up if in the area. Online tix have just gone on sale here.

Cock Rock

The Internet is alive with rocking dongs. This guy in Houston is writing about cocks in rock. Who would have credited Gordon Lightfoot with a song about his schlong? Meanwhile, back in the Motor City, Dennis Machine Gun Thompson has posted a funny account of his encounter with the infamous Cynthia Plaster Caster (who is apparently in the throes of writing a book.)

Machine Gun Thompson and the draft

Dennis Thompson's blog of his back pages in bands like the MC5, The New Order and (upcoming) New Race are a treasure trove if you're into the good stuff. This post on how he ducked the draft is a pearler.

The New Order

No, not that New Order but the L.A. band Ron Asheton put together with Dennis Thompson and Jimmy Recca, post-Stooges and MC5. Machine Gun Thompson tells the whole story on his blog.

MC5 drummer Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson

...has a blog here and it's a damn fine read.

This montage clip emanates from there: