July 26th 1972 – The Fantastical Gigs Of The Week: Can, Roxy Music, Stevie Wonder, Arthur Brown, Genesis & Hawkwind.

Relying on the gig pages of the UK music press can’t be said to be an entirely reliable business. Gigs were often cancelled, dates and venues rearranged, and schedules can prove to be highly misleading. (In Sylvain Sylvain’s fine memoir of his life as a New York Doll – There’s No Bones In Ice Cream […]

June 28th 1972 – The Month In Fantastical Music (Part 1 of 2.)

So what is ‘fantastical music’? Well, as the phrase goes, I know it when I hear it, or, at the very least, when I read the lyric sheet and catch sight of the promo photos. Inevitably, it’s in large part a personal matter. It can be decided by a feeling, a title, a sound, a […]

June 27th 1972 – The Fantastical In This Month’s Rolling Stone (2/2)

It seems rather odd, at a remove of 53 years, to see Alejandro Jodorowsky getting second billing on a Rolling Stone front cover, his name sandwiched between those of Van Morrison and the Grateful Dead. But the article, by Robert Greenfield, fully deserves its high billing, being a fascinating, and an often depressing and even […]