Rock’n’Roll

THE OZONE: AN ANTISOCIAL DIARY By Olaf Tyaransen The Evening Herald Monday Back in the daze before OZone became a respected, feared and smart-arsed Herald columnist, my main gig was as a respected, feared and smart-arsed rock journalist. So it was with much interest that I picked up veteran NME scribe Nick Kent’s just published memoir of the 1970s, Apathy for the Devil (the title coming from a sneered comment by Bob Dylan when asked for his opinion on the Rolling Stones’ mid-70s career). I’ve never met Kent, but I’ve always liked his writing. Legendary Irish rock guru BP Fallon, […]

Jack White is having Texas-sized 45s of all the singles released on his Third Man Records label pressed up to be exclusively on sale at the Third Man Record’s pop-up shop at SXSW in Austin. Thus BP Fallon’s ‘Fame #9’ 7″ 45 will now also be a proud 8″ of circular black vinyl. Third Man Records LPs will be available as Texas-sized 13″ platters. Says BP: “It’s all beyond amazing. I mean, to be on the same label as Wanda Jackson and Karen Elson, apart from all the other benign boogaloo…”