“Darlene Love, I love you! Welcome to Manitoba’s Wild Kingdom!”
For you on the second day of Hanukkah, some Love (Darlene) and unbridled joy, courtesy of these two video clips of Handsome Dick Manitoba interviewing her for his radio show last month. Few things make us as happy as watching these two crack up together. Enjoy:
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Filed under HDM, Special, Tomfoolery, Video
In case you missed NBC’s “Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special” the night before Thanksgiving or all the Santa s**t that’s been sitting on store shelves since Halloween, let us finally alert you that the holiday season is absolutely, completely upon us, with tonight kicking off those eight crazy nights: Hanukkah.
Gifts may not be required, but The DFFD Blog HQ is in a giving mood. We will offer you up small goodies — links to fun stuff, photos, videos — each day during Hanukkah as a way to celebrate our favorite band as well as what may be their religion’s least important holiday.
Our first gift to you, beloved readers, is most appropriate for this festival of lights:
Filed under Special, Tomfoolery
Today, Nov. 23, marks The DFFD Blog’s first birthday. We’re celebrating with a spankin’ new logo (see above), three squares consisting solely of meat, plus some chilled champagne (Miller High Life). L’Chaim!
Thanks to all our contributors — writers, photographers, commenters, all — and especially our readers. We do it all for you. And thanks, of course, to the Dictators for providing the inspiration. WE LOVE THE DICTATORS. In case you were wondering.
To celebrate this impressive milestone, we’re going to link up a few of our favorite posts from the past 12 months. Read on:
Filed under PSA
Photo courtesy of the Handsome Dick Manitoba Collection
A legendary photo of Bruce Springsteen gets even more epic with the fresh addition of his autograph and two righteous words: DICTATORS FOREVER!
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J.P. is once again backing up Television founder Richard Lloyd, this time for his first-ever solo show in the United Kingdom, Oct. 8 in London (more info here). For this installment of YouTube Tuesday, here’s a little taste of what you can expect, England, courtesy of video taken at a show a year ago in Madison, Wis.
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Filed under Thunderbolt, YouTube Tuesday
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It’s the DFFD Blog’s version of Where’s Waldo! Included in the montage of rock & roll luminaries above is our own favorite fearless frontman, Handsome Dick Manitoba. The image is from a new ad campaign by fashion designer John Varvatos, whose NYC outpost sits on the hallowed ground of CBGB.
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Filed under HDM, Tomfoolery
They’re not mentioned in Zagat’s travel guide. They go unmentioned in all World History classes. Despite these oversights, it’s an undisputed fact that one of Spain’s greatest imports was the Dictators. September 27 marks the anniversary of their first ever live gig in Spain, at the En Canal club in Madrid in 1995.
The foundation for the tour of Spain was laid earlier that spring. The band had played 2 “farewell” gigs at CBGBs in May, where they were approached by a promoter who set up the September tour.
Spain and the Dictators immediately started a mutual admiration society, and the band returned for 8 more tours over the late ’90s and early ’00s, to big crowds and bigger purses. There was a reason why the Dics played more gigs in Spain than they did domestically, and that was because they could make more $$$ in a 5 gig tour in Spain than in 20 gigs here at home. Keep THAT in mind the next time you complain about paying an $8 cover to see your favorite band.
The set from 9/27/95:
1. Haircut and Attitude
2. Faster and Louder
3. Baby Let’s Twist
4. Stay With Me
5. Tallahassee Lassie
6. Weekend
7. Call Me Animal
8. Next Big Thing
9. The Party Starts Now
10. I Am Right
11. Search and Destroy
12. New York, New York
13. You Had It Coming
14. Two Tub Man
15. Minnesota Strip
16. Sonic Reducer
17. Slow Death
18. California Sun
Filed under Dictators Assembled, Live, The Cincotta Archives
Out now: Andy Shernoff’s split single on Norton Records celebrating the Rolling Stones. Order yours here.
— DFFD123
Filed under Adny, Cool covers, Vinyl
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