Crime and Punishment Down in Tucson

It's the usual story.

This time I'm shelving CDs and lo and behold!, there is one in my hand I recall from years ago.  I pause and say, "Awe, gee, that was a good album."  Then it occurs to me that this record, Wrong Way Up by Brian Eno & John Cale, is forever relevant to those of us living here in the Old Pueblo, if only for the opening line from the ninth track on the disc, "Crime In The Desert":

"Crime and punishment down in Tucson
Back to normal in the sun."

Then I take a closer look and I realize this is a remastered version which includes material not available on the original release back in 1990.  At this point Wrong Way Up becomes a blog item....

Sid And Nancy: Love Kills

"In the late 70's, when I was living in Los Angeles,  there was a strange double murder/suicide in New York.  Sid Vicious, a pop singer, was arrested for the murder of his fiancée, Nancy Spungen.  He committed suicide before he could be brought to trial.  They were both junkies and their lives were pretty bleak.  But why take things to such extremes?  I don't know.  Never mind the bollocks. Watch the film."
                                                                            -Alex Cox (Director of Sid and Nancy)

I was delighted to find that the library owns the soundtrack to the 1986 cult classic Sid and Nancy. An alluring and tragic look at the initial meeting, relationship and ultimate deaths of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his other half Nancy Spungen.

Read on for track listing,