Monthly Archives: January 2016

GRACE SLICK presents Monterey and Woodstock | Limelight Agency

Posted on January 29, 2016 by

~ Grace Slick Presents Monterey Pop ~ 1. Unknown (Drug Dealer) 2. Marty Balin (*JA singer) 3. Jorma Kaukonen 4. Janis Joplin 5. Ghandi 6. Jack Casady (*JA Bass) 7. Otis Redding 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Pete Townshend 10. … Continue reading →

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QUENTIN TARANTINO’s Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns | The Spaghetti Western Database

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

Quentin Tarantino’s Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns from The Spaghetti Western Database A Spaghetti Western Database / The Quentin Tarantino Archives Exclusive The SWDB is the first sister site of The Quentin Tarantino Archives that was launched and it didn’t … Continue reading →

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LAURA!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by

“WHEN YOU ROLL THE DICE THERE’S A LESSON LEARNT – IF YOU PLAY WITH FIRE, WELL YOU’RE GONNA GET BURNT!” –  ‘Irate’ song lyrics/music Copyright © Laura Wilde/Brian Canham. “Music in the Blood” – New Short Essay “Sold My Soul” – Updated Album Review … Continue reading →

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VINYL: History of the 45 rpm Record

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

A History of the Gramophone Record The first records were on cylinders, the earliest of which were made by the inventor of the first ‘Phonograph’, Thomas Alva Edison in 1877. Attempts had been made of ‘recording’ sound much earlier than … Continue reading →

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DAVID BOWIE: “Blackstar” review – a spellbinding break with his past | Music | The Guardian

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

Eyes front … the perpetually forward looking David Bowie As he reaches his 69th birthday, David Bowie finds himself in a rarefied position, even by the standards of the rock aristocracy. He does not give interviews, make himself available to … Continue reading →

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“FANTASTIC PLANET” (1973) | Weird Fiction Review

Posted on January 11, 2016 by

Knowing the Alien: René Laloux’s “Fantastic Planet” by Matthew Pridham A father and his daughter, while strolling through a field, come across a tiny orphaned creature. The poor thing’s mother has just been killed by a callous group of children and the girl takes … Continue reading →

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ELVIS PRESLEY’S Guitars | Official Graceland Blog

Posted on January 8, 2016 by

Elvis Presley’s Guitars Posted by Elvis Presley’s Graceland on Dec 30, 2015 It’s hard to picture Elvis Presley without a guitar in his hand.From his iconic first album cover to his many movies, from the ’68 Special to “Aloha from … Continue reading →

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‘SAM PHILLIPS: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick – The New York Times

Posted on January 7, 2016 by

Five hundred forty-one pages into Peter Guralnick’s 763-page biography of Sam Phillips, the impresario enshrined in the subtitle as “the man who invented rock ’n’ roll,” we get the moment when many people probably saw Phillips for the first time. … Continue reading →

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GEORGE HARRISON: “All Things Must Pass” – An Appreciation – uDiscover

Posted on January 3, 2016 by

Classic album is a term that’s used way too much when describing records from the golden era of rock music; of course, one person’s classic album is another’s long-forgotten record, but we think that without fear of contradiction George Harrison’s … Continue reading →

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