Welcome to The Guest List, where indie musicians become film critics and actors become political analysts. Celebrity experts from every industry have joined ifc.com this month for some round table discussions on the world at large. Enjoy the free flowing independent perspectives as these insiders give us their thoughts, opinions, grudges and acclamations. There are no parameters and no prescribed topics. Stream of blogisciousness, if you will.
Clem Burke
RocknRoll Dysfunction or I was Elvis Ramone
By Clem Burke on 05/28/2008
Filed under: Clem BurkeIt seems as though some great myth was created by the film A Hard Day's Night, it being that all RocknRoll bands were just one big happy family. I'm here to tell you that being in a band is like being a part of a dysfunctional family. I spent a short time in The Ramones and there were problems in that family. The guitar player didn't speak to the singer and the bass guitarist sat in the back of the van getting stoned all the time. Of course The Ramones are our generation's Beatles, they also have a film. It's... MORE »
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Austin
By Clem Burke on 05/19/2008
Filed under: Clem BurkeI'm down here in Austin doing a benefit for a writer named Steven Moser. Steven has prostate cancer and like many other Americans, no health insurance. Aren't we suppose to be the so called greatest country in the world? Didn't I mention something awhile back about this age of paradox we're living in? How can we "the greatest" not have health coverage for everyone? Maybe this will change soon, let's hope so. For those of you who have never visited this great city I have to tell you that it's probably the only place on earth where a musical event... MORE »
THE NEW JAZZ
By Clem Burke on 05/12/2008
Filed under: Clem BurkeIt's said that the only really true American art form is jazz music. It began in the U.S.A. with the assimilation of various musical idioms that came before such as African tribal and European classical. I'm here to add another to that list of one: Rock n Roll. That's right, that horrible racket we've all been listening to for the last 60 years. It's true, just like it's originators, rock n roll is old and established, it's legit. Elvis, Little Richard, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen etc.They all are great artists. MORE »
The Age of Paradox and The New Bowery
By Clem Burke on 05/05/2008
Filed under: Clem BurkeBy Clem Burke Having just retuned from a few weeks in my hometown, NYC,it really hit me what a paradoxical decade we live in. I suppose living in Manhattan was always about the rich, middle and poor meeting head on but it seemed more evident then ever on the New Bowery. The new Bowery Hotel is directly next to a homeless shelter. How's that for paradox? Granted, back in the 70's this area did see an invasion of white middleclass rock and roll kids from the suburbs brushing up against the local residents but everyone was living in squalor. CBGB's... MORE »
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