MLK DAY starts with a vintage clip of Dion playing “Abraham, Martin & John.” The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't set out to be a great man. He was a Baptist…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with JIMI HENDRIX at MONTEREY: Like you couldn't see this coming all week. Surprisingly, it's not all on the Tube, but we do have “Killing Floor” (intro by Brian…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 4 of this theme week offers some performances from the documentary, plus outtakes. Janis Joplin, with Big Bother and the Holding Company sizzle through “Ball and Chain” and “Combination…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 3 of this theme week is a grab-bag of performances that did not make the original documentary. Monkee Peter Tork introduces Buffalo Springfield playing “For What It's Worth” with…
Read MoreTHE WHO at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: Day 2 of my Monterey theme week has the lads wailing their way through “Substitute” (introduced by Brian Jones), “Summertime Blues,” a bootleg clip of…
Read MoreOTIS REDDING at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: An uncle gave me the Criterion Collection for Monterey Pop at Christmas, so I looked to see whether you too could chase away the Winter…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with the MOUNTAIN GOATS at the M-SHOP, which Pate fans know is a fabulous, initmate venue in the Memorial Union at Iowa State University. There are four clips in…
Read MoreCANDYLION: The solo album from Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys is getting good reviews from Pitchfork and Gorilla vs. Bear, but while the Fork has it listed as a Team Love…
Read MoreJAMES BROWN: PopMatters has an incisive eulogy for Soul Brother #1, noting that the Hardest Working Man in Show Business was big on the philosophy of self-reliance (much like Ray Charles). Which…
Read MoreBOWIE at 60: London's Observer looks forward to David Bowie's birthday next Monday with an essay and quotes from famous fans like Scarlett Johansson, Clive Owen, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, and more.…
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