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- For The Love f…
- SHEELA BASRUR 51: PHYSICIAN
- Bo Diddley giant figure in rock dies at 79
Alton Kelley creator of psychedelic posters of 1960s San Francisco…
International Herald Tribune – Jun 3, 2008
Kelley died Sunday of complications from osteoporosis in his Petaluma home according to his publicist Jennifer Gross. Kelley and his lifelong collaborator Stanley “Mouse” Miller churned out iconic work from their studio a converted firehouse where Janis Joplin first rehearsed with Big Brother and the Holding Company. The pair created dozens of classic rock posters including the famous Grateful Dead “skull and roses” poster designed for a show at the Avalon Ballroom as well as posters and album covers for Journey Steve Miller Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles. Kelley and Miller's work influenced other well-known names in the genre such as Rick Griffin who moved to San Francisco in 1966 after seeing their psychedelic posters and soon started producing his own.
Disc Debuts: New CDs DVDs and video games in stores this week
Dallas Morning News – Jun 3, 2008
The CD title means “bringer of speed. ” Bret Michaels Rock My World (VH1 Classics) – Poison lead singer and the star of VH1 series Rock of Love goes solo on a dozen tracks including “Got That Far” “Bittersweet” and “It’s My Party. ” peth Watershed (Roadrunner) – New album from the Swedish band that combines metal classic rock progressive rock folk and free-form jazz is its ninth studio effort. Gavin Rossdale Wanderlust (Interscope) – The solo debut by the Bush frontman who also had a side project band called Institute in 2005 is produced by Bob Rock. The CD features drummer John Freese guitarist Chris Traynor bassist Paul Bushnell and keyboardist Jamie Muhoberac. Waymon Tisdale Rebound (Rendezvous Entertainment) – Jazz bass guitarist from Tulsa kla. a former pro basketball player offers a dozen new tunes including one featuring country superstar Toby Keith on vocals.
Is WRXP’s format rock-solid?
New York Daily News – Jun 3, 2008
But its ratings now are about one-third what they were with smooth jazz and that isn’t a formula for long-term success. Emmis and WRXP people have insisted all along that contrary to some conventional wisdom in radio New York does have a strong rock audience. The question being asked is whether WXRK (92. 3 FM) and classic rock WAXQ (104. 3 FM) plus different levels of rock on stations from WNYE (91.
For The Love f…
RTE.ie – Jun 3, 2008
Classic rock all sung with a distinctive Scottish lilt and fed through The Clash and The Jesus and The Mary Chain they come across as a grittier murkier version of The Hours. Two Dublin dates are on the horizon – xegen and a support slot with Muse. Elsewhere the ramshackle.
SHEELA BASRUR 51: PHYSICIAN
Globe and Mail – Jun 3, 2008
Then she returned to Toronto and first became the medical officer of health in East York the smallest of the city’s suburbs. Starting in 1998 she was made head of a huge department that formed when all of the suburbs amalgamated. In her private life she enjoyed classic rock ‘n roll especially The Who. She tried her best to be a vegetarian but was not always successful. She did yoga every day before the sun came up. And she was a needlepoint fanatic. "I just find it very therapeutic" she once said.
Bo Diddley giant figure in rock dies at 79
San Francisco Chronicle – Jun 3, 2008
tmpl –> Under a nickname he always claimed childhood pals gave him Ellas Bates became an instant legend with his 1955 debut recording “Bo Diddley” a song he performed on TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show” – a year before Elvis Presley brought rock ‘n’ roll to American living rooms on the same program. Diddley’s music was a cornerstone of the rock ‘n’ roll revolution. Everybody who followed – from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones from the Grateful Dead to the Clash – knew his music covered his songs and incorporated his trademark beat into their own records. He never lost a feeling of resentment that his signature rhythm couldn’t be copyrighted and that record royalties went unpaid. “I am owed and I never got paid” he told Associated Press in 1999. “A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun… His songs also live on in the repertoires of the Band the Doors Patti Smith Creedence Clearwater Eric Clapton Bob Seger Iggy Pop and the Stooges Quicksilver Messenger Service Steve Miller George Thorogood among others. He recently joined with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top to create the Billy-Bo-Jupiter Thunderbird guitar for Gretsch a model based on the instantly recognizable cigar-box shape of Bo Diddley’s classic instrument that will be featured in the impending video game “Rock Band 2. He only stopped performing after suffering a stroke in Council Bluffs Iowa in May 2007. He had a heart attack last August and returned home in Florida to continue rehabilitation after the stroke affected his ability to speak. He is survived by his children: Ellas A. McDaniel of Gainesville and Evelyn Kelly Tammi D.
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