Wow. Johnny Cash's legendary house in Tennessee-- a home that gathered the minds of Dylan and Roy Orbison under one roof-- burnt down last Wednesday. The Frank Lloyd Wright style architecture and a home that symbolized his most romantic years with his wife June, and the dark ones, are but stony remains smoldering in the breeze.

Irony is a word that usually comes to mind during such catastrophes in rock culture. Especially since one of Cash's most nationally honored song was, after all, "Ring of Fire". However, since his death it seems like the music world has been trying to honeymoon anything they can off his legacy. Unreleased recordings, more greatest hits, more documentaries-- the poor man's peace is forever immortalized in the swan-song video of "Hurt"....filmed in that house. But now this:

Meet Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. A man partly socially responsible for setting a groove for John Travolta's butt, the song "How Deep Is Your Love", and as of late moving into Cash's home

with dreams of "remodeling it". Freak coincidence it burns down right after the fact, right? I guess real estate is the vortex where disco and country finally meet. And why would Barry Gibb want to live in Tennessee anyway?

-cwa

Hey there,
This is Ian from Turn It Up! Northampton. Just thought I'd share some thoughts on The Faces with you. See, I didn't realize how rocking The Faces were. Now that I do, I am compelled to listen to them all the time. That being said, here are some thoughts:
1) If I was Ronnie Wood, I would have stayed in the Faces. For my money, they rock harder and Rod Stewart has bigger hair than Mick Jagger. Plus, he was playing lead guitar, writing tunes and singing rad, and now he just cools out while the Keeef and Mick prance about. Lame. Plus, if the Faces had stayed together longer, it might have delayed some of Rod's extra-lame solo stuff.
2) I made myself a sick tape of the Faces for my hot ride (which only has a tape deck) and today when the tape was fast forwarding, the Black Crowes came on the radio and I was like, "jeepers, these dudes are lame!" and then the tape flipped. Bottom line: it's weird that English dudes are so good at rocking American style, and it's weird that the Black Crowes aren't rad. At least I don't think they are. Also, previously that particular tape had Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on it, and you can still kind of hear that tiny little dude howling between song breaks. It pleases me.
3) The Small Faces are also rad.
4) Too Sweet
5) I also made a Chairman of the Board tape which is cool. If you don't have Chairman of the Board, you probably should get it. It's soulful and funky and they wrote "Patches" which is one of my favorite songs ever. You can find it at the shop in "miscellaneous c". It is a great, great collection.

Also, here at Turn It Up! Northampton BOXSETS are on SALE. 20% off y'all. All month long.

We also have K-fed's album, "playing with fire." It's priced at 10,000 dollars.

Did you know we got a new autograph? we did. It's TOM JONES. He's pictured pool side, reclining and keeping it sexy. We had the customers vote, and they said it was groovy.

Nice. Also, I whooped Ryan (the manager here) at Mario Kart. We were playing bomb battle mode. 10-0. It was like I was in the mario zone. Like that scene in the matrix where everyone moves slow except Keanu. Only better. And just for the record, I just spelled Keanu right. Like a FOX!
see ya!
Ian