This Is Modern Rock: Alternative Rock Music of the 80's & 90's
2023 Jan 2 - Pavement "Trigger Cut"
(Bubbling Under 1992) - includes discussion of "Walt Whitman's Beard" as part of a discussion about songs that "maybe should have charted" from 00:27:55 to 00:31:43
Album Reviews
1992 Apr 17 - The Hard Report (Medford Lakes, NJ) - #272 - page - Dogtown single review by Mike Marrone
from the article: "like a smoldering early Billy Idol feel wrapped in the organ glow of The Charlatans"
1992 May 1 - The Hard Report (Medford Lakes, NJ) - #274 - page 42 - The Spent Poets album review by Mike Marrone
from the article: "the near intoxicating vision of Bryan Ferry fronting The Charlatans"
from the article: "I had a blast last week on LIVE 105's Boat Cruise party, which featured THE SPENT POETS, THE SENSELESS THINGS and BLUR. The Spent Poets were plagued with sound
problems that thankfully cleared up by the time The Things hit the stage. (I'm still half deaf from that one!) Not to be outdone, Blur played on-wreaking havoc on-board the ship-for a
long time after the boat docked. A very long time after the boat docked."
1992 Jun 06 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - page D3, "It was a Live-ly night, after all" by Malcolm Mayhew - from the article "Spent Poets [...] with [...] Asian-influenced pop songs"
1986 May 4 - The San Francisco Examiner - "Darwin Was Right" by Michael Snyder - article reporting that John Berg joined Monkey Rhythm as well as details about his father
1992 Jun 20 - Billboard - page 12 - "Words & Music" by Irv Lichtman - brief summary of Peermusic a flower pot and seeds to promote recent releases including The Spent Poets
1992 Jul 17 - The Orlando Sentinel - page 12 " Wire Train on the Right Track" - interview with Jeff Trott that briefly mentions his time in Monkey Rhythm
1992 Aug 10 - HITS Magazine - page 75 - "Rerap" by Mitch Perliss
"Next time you see Live lead singer Ed Kowalczyk ask him about Bridget, a b*day present he received from Wire Train, Spent Poets and fellow band members during his party at the Roxy in Phoenix"
1993 Aug 20 - Gavin Report - page 24 - "Fall Preview" by Beverly Mire - the Geffen section shows "Steve" scheduled for release on November 9, 1993
from the article - "April will bring albums by San Francisco's The Spent Poets;"
1994 Oct 17 - USA Today, page 1D - "No neutral ground on bloody 'Pulp Fiction'" by Tom Green - Adam Gates, 28, San Francisco is quoted saying "It's a psychedelic romp, like someone gave you an adrenaline shot."
"The Spent Poets "You Can't Kill Michael Malloy" - This is the instrumental track from one of my favorite albums from growing up. Probably the most influential album for me as a
songwriter. The characters that haunt the album are wonderful, including a song about Syd Barret called "He's Living With His Mother Now." I really love the driving and macabre melodic
theme on this track. Nice and sharp. A beautiful ode to the indestructible Michael Malloy."
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