Accolades

In episode 8 of Accolades Video Series I talk to Mike Watt (Stooges, Minutemen) about Richard Meltzer, a rock critic, performer, and writer from New York City, New York, United States. He is considered by some rock historians to be the first to write an accurate analysis of rock and roll and is credited with inventing rock criticism. Meltzer’s first book, The Aesthetics of Rock, evolved out of his...

In episode 7 of Accolades we talk to Dwid Hellion about Félicien Rops, a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker from Namur, Belgium. He was associated with Symbolism and the Parisian Fin-de Siècle. He provided frontispieces and illustrations for Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier, Stéphane Mallarmé, Joséphin Péladan, Paul Verlaine, Voltaire, and many others...

In episode 6 of Accolades we talk to Shannon Lay about Arthur Russell, a cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. His work spanned a disparate range of styles. Trained in contemporary experimental composition and Indian classical music, Russell relocated to New York in the mid-1970s, where he became associated with Lower Manhattan’s avant-garde communi...

In episode 5 of Accolades we talk to Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) about Jerzy Kukuczka, an alpine and high-altitude climber from Katowice, Poland. On 18 September 1987, he became the second man (after Reinhold Messner) to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders globally, a feat that took him less than eight years to accomplish. He is the only person in the world who has climbed two eight-thousanders in on...

In episode 4 of Accolades we talk to Mauro about Gloria Coates, a composer from Wausau, Wisconsin, United States, who has lived in Munich since 1969.

In episode 3 of Accolades we talk to Don Letts about Jeannette Lee, a British music record executive, music manager, filmmaker, and former musician. A retail worker at the Acme Attractions store that, along with the SEX boutique run by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, was instrumental in spawning punk in the UK. She went on to become a member of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL). Lee...

In episode 2 of Accolades we talk to Heather Woods Broderick about Judee Sill, a singer and songwriter from California, United States.

Have you ever wondered who your favorite artists admire and who they want to shine a spotlight on? Wonder no longer. In episode 1 of Accolades we talk to Steve Gunn about Sun Ra, a jazz composer, piano and synthesizer player, and poet from Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He is known for his experimental music, “cosmic” philosophy, prolific output, theatrical performances, and the Sun Ra Arkest...