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Action Figure Party: Action Figure Party
by Mike Robinson
I thought Art Good was nuts. There, on the Sunday morning lineup of the 2001 JazzTrax Catalina Island Festival was this band, “Action Figure Party." “Action Figure Party?!"The band consists of twentysomething musicians from bands like “Garbage," “Buck Cherry," “Incubus," and “Beck." One of the musicians' names is “Flea." Another goes by “Yogi," and a third, with the more-promising sounding name of Sean Lennon, plays... umm... turntable??While some of my friends quietly decided that maybe they ...
Continue ReadingThe Other Ones: The Strange Remain
by AAJ Staff
For over 30 years, The Grateful Dead criss-crossed the country, the house band at party after party in countless cities for a roaming community best known as “Deadheads;" their common bond, to gather and celebrate. Skeptics often write off The Grateful Dead, dissing their fans, attacking the band's now mythical drug habits and citing their poor output of studio recordings, without ever really taking the time to consider the massive body of work they left behind. In this writer's opinion ...
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