About Cosmic Dwellings
'Cosmic Dwellings' is a social media network consisting of a fine mix of retro rock and pop music, a radio drama production, an ebook serial and several works of poetry and lyrical prose.
The ‘triple’ Rock ‘n’ Roll tragedy that was eventually labelled “The Day The Music Died” encompasses the passing of a trio of pioneering greats who have been the subject of many “how much greater they could have been…” conversations around the world since … Continue reading →
Posted in Album, Artist, Blues, CD, Country, Folk, Guitar, Live, mp3, Music, musician, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly, Studio
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Tagged 1950's, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 50's, Band, Bill Haley, Bill Haley and His Comets, Bill Haley and The Comets, Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Chicano Rock, Country & Western, Country and Western, Dion, Dion and The Belmonts, Disc Jockey, DJ, Elvis, Elvis Presley, February, Fifties, Guitarists, Legends, Long-Player, LP, musicians, Records, Ritchie Valens, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Singer-Songwriter, Songs, The Big Bopper, The Comets, The Crickets, Vinyl
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10 Things You Need to Know About Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy By the Editor@EltonJohn.com Before there was Google there was Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. To explain… For many an Elton fan in 1975, listening … Continue reading →
Posted in Album, Album, Artist, Blues, Concert, Festival, Funk, Live, mp3, Music, Musician, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Singer, Songwriter, Soul
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Tagged 1970's, 1974, 1975, 70's, Alan Aldridge, Album, Anniversary, Bands, Beach Boys, Bernie Taupin, Billboard, Cameron Crowe, Captain Fantastic, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Chaka Khan, Charts, Davey Johnstone, Elton John, Elton John Band, England, Event, Gus Dudgeon, Joe Walsh, June, London, LP, Midsummer Music, Music Album, Music Charts, Music LP, musicians, Recording, RIAA, Rufus, Seventies, singers, Stackridge, The Beach Boys, The Eagles, Vinyl, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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‘An ectoplasm of sound’: Jimi Hendrix’s Royal Albert Hall history Posted on Wednesday 24 February 2016 by Lydia Smith – From The Archive Music Guitar hero Jimi Hendrix has a special association with the Royal Albert Hall, with the venue … Continue reading →
Posted in Art Rock, Artist, Blues, Concert, Funk, Guitar, Live, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul, Stage
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Tagged 1960's, 1967, 1969, 60's, Band, History, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, London, Royal Albert Hall, Sixties, Venue
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3RDEYEGIRL on Prince, ping pong and women in music who ‘treat their bodies like meat’ The purple one’s all-female band on his legendary work ethic, life at Paisley Park and why you should always look like a star… 3rdEyeGirl (left to … Continue reading →
Posted in Album, CD, Funk, Guitar, Live, Music, Pop, Recording, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul, Studio
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Tagged 3rdEyeGirl, All-female, Art Official Age, Band, Bassist, Donna Grantis, Drummer, Guitarist, Hannah Ford Welton, Ida Nielsen, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New Power Generation, Paisley Park, Plectrumelectrum, Prince
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~ 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 →
Posted in Art, Art Rock, Artist, Blues, Festival, Film, Folk, Live, Music, Painting, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Soul
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Tagged 1960's, 1967, 1969, 60's, Artist, August, Bands, California, Event, Flowers, Grace Slick, Hippies, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, June, Love, Monterey, Monterey International Pop Festival, Monterey Pop, Monterey Pop Festival, Music, musicians, New York, NY, Peace, Psychedelia, Psychedelic, San Francisco, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, singers, Sixties, Summer of Love, Woodstock, Woodstock Festival, Woodstock Music and Art Fair
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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 →
“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 →
Posted in Album, Blues, CD, Guitar, mp3, Music, Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll
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Tagged 2012, 2013, America, Artist, Artiste, Australia, Award-winner, Awards, California, Concert, Fender, Fender Stratocaster, Flying V, Glam Rock, Guitar Player, Guitar Solo, Guitarist, Hard Rock, Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood, Indie, Laura, Laura Wilde, Live, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Metal, musician, Performer, Pop, Punk Rock, Recording, Recording session, Recording Sessions, Rock, Rock Over America Magazine, Show, Singer, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Metal, Sold My Soul, Soloist, Songwriter, Ted Nugent, Tour, Touring, US, USA, Vegas Rocks Magazine
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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 →
Posted in 45rpm vinyl single, Album, Music
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Tagged 33rpm, 45rpm, 78rpm, Album, Columbia, Cylinders, Disc, Discs, Emile Berliner, format, Gramophone, Industry, Long-Player, Long-Playing, LP, phonograph, RCA, RCA Victor, Record, Recording, Records, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Shellac, Single, Spindle, Thermoplastic, Thomas Alva Edison, Vinyl
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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 →
Posted in Album, Art Rock, Avant-garde Jazz, CD, Jazz, Music, Pop, Rock
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Tagged Album, Blackstar, CD, Columbia, David Bowie, Digital Download, Donny McCaslin, ISO, Lazarus, Music, New York, New York City, RCA, Recording, Songs, Tony Visconti, Vinyl
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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 →
Posted in Animation, Book, Film, Movie, Science Fiction
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Tagged 1957, 1970's, 1973, 70's, Alain Goraguer, Alien, Aliens, Argos Films, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakian, Draags, Dystopian, Fantastic Planet, France, French, La Planète sauvage, Novel, Oms, Oms en série, Planets, René Laloux, Roland Topor, Sci Fi, Seventies, Stefan Wul, The Savage Planet
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