Thanks to Henning Küppers for introducing me to John Townley and Jay Ungar. There will be radio special with Jay Ungar‘s music soon. For John Townley: Blog Jay Ungar was born (1946) in the Bronx and Greenwich Village was his home turf during his youth in the 60s. It‘s there where he met John Townley, […]
I though about calling this piece ‚Manson – Dark Angel of Hippiedom‘, but the word ‚angel‘ somehow didn’t fit. On September 24 there will be / was a special about Charles Manson whose murderous activities lie 50 years beyond. This is the playlist: Mamas and Papas: 12:30 Fugs: Carpe diem (Second album) Grateful Dead: Viola […]
(Zuerst veröffentlicht am 16.08.2012) Im „Spiegel“ lese ich, dass die spanische Modemarke Zara nur elf Tage braucht vom Design eines Kleidungsstücks bis zu dessen Verkauf in den Filialen. Es gibt die totale Verfügbarkeit. Alles ist immer im Angebot. Guthrie stammt aus einer Zeit, als Dinge noch Wurzeln hatten. Barbara Mürdter schreibt, wie Woody Guthries bekanntester […]
One of the earliest rock shows I saw was The Who @Siegerland Halle, Siegen. My ticket says it was April 4th in 1967, Who related sites say it was April 15. Either date is ok with me. Who played in the afternoon but came on stage really late. Their bus had broken down, so Pete […]
(Repost from 18. 11. 2013) On Nov. 26 2013 I did a special for my radio show ‚Roots‘. Some information about that date: From Lyndon Johnson’s Diary: On November 26, 1963, the day following President John F. Kennedy’s funeral, President Johnson met with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, and then with Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home […]
Der folgende Artikel wurde für popkontext geschrieben. Also lest ihn auch dort: Erster Ansatz, biografisch: Weihnachten 1968 lag auf dem Gabentisch einer sauerländischen Familie ein Exemplar von „Virgin Fugs“. Die Eltern waren leicht irritiert, der Sohn hoch erfreut, hatte er doch die Fugs zusammen mit seinem Bruder einige Monate zuvor bei den Internationalen Essener Songtagen […]
One of my favourite bands of all time was Liverpool Scene, a band put together by some Liverpool poets. They only did 3 studio albums, had little chart success, did a disastrous US tour and disbanded. A while ago I put together some information about them on my own website. For some time it was […]
