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Jose Padua: The Summer of Rock and Other Fragile Ecstasies

But it was also another summer of war,
the way just about every summer is a summer of war.

September 11, 2025 · 14 Comments

Audio: Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, 1977-05-08

Generally considered one of The Grateful Dead’s best performances…

March 18, 2023 · 5 Comments

Barbara Crooker: Nearing Menopause, I Run Into Elvis At Shoprite,

The bass
line thumps and grinds, the honky tonk piano moves like an ivory
river, full of swampy delta blues.

February 6, 2023 · 11 Comments

Michael Simms: A True Story of How I Almost Became a Rock and Roll God (with special appearance by Iron Butterfly)

So there I was, jumping up and down on a king-sized bed in an expensive hotel in Miami Beach, drinking rum straight from the bottle. And right beside me, jumping up and down, playing the air-guitar and blasting out his famous song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, was Doug Ingle.

May 9, 2020 · 3 Comments

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