This past weekend Van Morrison took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl for a special three-night stand at the historic venue. The legendary singer-songwriter used two of those nights to
Has it really only been a week? There were no real surprises last Tuesday, and by this I mean that Pearl Jam has emerged victorious from last week’s edition where we looked at eight covers of Rockin’ In The Free World.
The general election may be over, but Cover Wars goes on. This week we will be featuring one of my favorite John Lennon solo songs: Jealous Guy. There are many covers of this tune out there, so this week’s contestants are by no means the only artists to have covered the song, but rather a sampling. Lennon originally wrote the melody to Jealous Guy on a trip to India in 1968 when the song was called Child Of Nature. The song would get new lyrics three years later when it was released on Lennon’s second studio album Imagine. You can read more about that here.
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Watching President-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in Chicago’s Grant Park, I came across a televised image of Spike Lee greeting Reverend Jesse Jackson. I couldn’t help but think that not only was this country headed in a positive direction with the election of the Illinois senator as our next Commander in Chief, but those who had been dejected and doubtful for so long, also had their moment of truth on that historic evening.
Lee has been making films for over twenty years, and when he began his career, he came across as an extremely funny yet talented angry black man. He is still that angry black man with the soul and confidence to back up his tirades against the injustice of history. However, he is also one of America’s best filmmakers, and like all great men of the cinema, Spike Lee has had his fair share of misfires over the years. She’s Gotta Have It
The film was made for $175,000 over two weeks in the summer of 1985, and grossed $7,000,000, which is a major feat in any other era. However, as time has marched onwards into the 21st Century, Lee’s debut celluloid statement seemed to get lost under the wheels of history as Do the Right Thing, Mo’ Better Blues, and Malcolm X were heralded as his triumphs while some of his other cinematic treasure appeared forgotten.
READ ON for more on this week’s Hidden Flick – She’s Gotta Have It…
It’s the third week of Phil Lesh and Friends’ Nokia marathon, and since last week, we’ve seen a presidential election. But almost more importantly, a Warren sit-in as well as
Jersey City Councilman and wicked pissah Steve Lipski came out of hiding this evening to address the Jersey City council caucus where he read a statement acknowledging he is an alcoholic. He didn’t quite cop to pissing on his fellow Deadheads from the balcony of the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. at a Dark Star Orchestra concert, but he came pretty close….
Lipski Gets Perez’d
First and foremost I want to apologize to everyone who has been affected by this mess, especially my wife, the mayor, my colleagues on the council, my constituents, my students and staff at CREATE Charter School and fellow Deadheads. I am truly sorry. Against my attorney’s advice I have decided to give a brief statement about circumstances leading up to and following the incident at the Nightclub 9:30 on the night of November 7, 2008. I cannot and will not speak about what actually happened at the club because this matter is still under investigation.
On November 7, 2008, I, with two very close friends, one of whom I have known since kindergarten and had gone to Dead shows back in the ’70s and ’80s, drove to Washington, D.C., to see Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead cover band. Having had two years of sobriety, not having to drive, and being with two of my closest friends in the world, I decided to drink alcohol. This was my biggest mistake.
You see, I am an alcoholic, but I had not drunk for two years. I fell off the wagon. Flipped. Crashed. Burned. Whatever one might want to label it, I screwed up.
READ ON for the rest of Councilman Fuckstick’s statement…
In a little over a week, Phish: At The Roxy – an eight-disc box set that spans an epic three-night run from ’93 – finally hits stores, online retailers and
Straight off of their high-profile performances at Sullivan Hall this weekend, the Leeds-based funksters New Mastersounds return to the city on January 10 to headline the ninth-annual Freaks Ball at
It’s been quite the year for former Spencer Davis Group/Traffic/Blind Faith member Steve Winwood – reuniting with Eric Clapton for a string of shows, turning 60, releasing a new solo
After a whirlwind end of October in New York City featuring a stealth show, rocker Ryan Adams and the Cardinals jetted off to Europe to start an extensive tour of
Way back in In 2006, post-rockers Sigur Rós played a series of unannounced concerts around their homeland during the endless magic hour of the Icelandic summer. The resulting film, Heima,
