Memories of Michael Jackson

By Douglas Newman
June 25th, 2009

If truth be told, I was never really a fan of Michael Jackson. Although I was at the ripe-for-picking age of 12 when Thriller was released, I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid. However, my closest friends and classmates did, and it wasn’t long before my suburban Jewish day school was overrun with young boys trying to do the moonwalk and wearing faux red leather jackets.

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Mitch Mitchell 1947-2008: Have You Ever Been Experienced?

By Meghan Harvey
November 16th, 2008

Mitch Mitchell, the amazingly talented drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience passed away last Wednesday at the age of 61.

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Scarface Threatens Retirement with Emeritus

By Ben Lummis
November 7th, 2008

After 20 years of vivid and diverse lyricism, Houston rap pioneer Scarface (a.k.a. Brad Jordan) claims he is now laying his solo career to rest. As the man who can most accurately stake claim to the title “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper” it is safe to say that Emeritus will be yet another consistent [...]

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Merl Saunders: Joining the Great Jam Band in the Sky

By Meghan Harvey
October 28th, 2008

Last Friday one of the Bay Area’s legendary musicians, Merl Saunders, passed away at the ripe old age of 74.

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NFL Running Out Of Aging Rockers For Super Bowl

By JBev
October 4th, 2008

With the announcement on Monday that Bruce Springsteen will play the Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, the NFL has officially run out of obvious choices for future mid-game gigs.

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Vaulted Hendrix Soon to See the Light of Day

By Meghan Harvey
September 22nd, 2008

That’s right, new Hendrix material, and a lot of it. Strangely enough, this vaulted material isn’t limited to just unreleased music. It also includes a full-length feature film script, a completed autobiography, animated shorts created for TV (and now the web), and self portrait drawings by Hendrix.

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Oasis, Takin’ It to the Streets…Literally

By Stacey Allen
September 17th, 2008

Screw leaking your album on the Internet to build buzz or leaving zip drives in the bathrooms at your concerts and alternate reality games (actually Trent, that idea was a genius lead up to Nine Inch Nail’s Year Zero, do it again!), if you’re looking for a new method by which to intrigue fans… take [...]

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Dan Deacon Dreams Up the Ultimate Round Robin

By Nadia Collado
September 15th, 2008

Dan Deacon has one colorful mind.
For those of you who have yet to hear, Deacon’s autumn tour, which will premiere in Boston on the 2nd of October, is going to be one of hell of a ball. The “Round Robin” Concept Tour, as it’s cleverly titled, consists of 2 nights, 29 artists, and one slightly [...]

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