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    Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled

    <em>This post has been updated. See note below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...

    Tags: Entertainment, Mirrors (movie), Music, Janis Joplin, Chubby Checker

    2. Oct 16, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Dickie Peterson dies at 63; bassist and lead singer for the power trio Blue Cheer

    Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high- volume 1968 hit rendition of the rock 'n' roll classic "Summertime Blues," has died. He was 63.
    Dickie Peterson, the bassist and lead singer for Blue Cheer, the San Francisco power trio best known for its high- volume 1968 hit rendition of the rock 'n' roll classic "Summertime Blues," has died. He was 63. Peterson, who had prostate cancer that...

    Tags: Prostate Cancer, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Health, Drugs and Medicines, Rock and Roll (genre)

    3. Nov 6, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 'Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents' by Mikal Gilmore

    The revolution -- the one that took place in the 1960s -- was in fact televised. The music, the antiwar movement, the drug culture and the social upheaval of the era became major benefactors of the first wave of saturation media coverage. To the straight world, the events that defined "the '60s" were jarring anomalies that shook the status quo. Moms and dads across America recoiled in front of their sets, fingers crossed that their kids weren't getting their heads busted by the cops.
    The revolution -- the one that took place in the 1960s -- was in fact televised. The music, the antiwar movement, the drug culture and the social upheaval of the era became major benefactors of the first wave of saturation media coverage. To the...

    Tags: Johnny Cash, Democratic National Conventions, Bob Marley, Drugs and Medicines, Ken Kesey

    4. Jun 3, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Special San Francisco hotel rates mark Summer of Love

    Times Staff Writer
    In June 1967, the Summer of Love took hold in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where hippies gathered to experience a peace-and-love vibe. This month, 16 hotels in the city, including the Clift, the Fairmont and the Grand Hyatt, mark the 40th anniversary...

    Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Achievement Records, Human Accomplishments, Otis Redding

    5. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| WSBT Radio

  5. Pink Floyd Added To National Recording Registry

    <span style="font-size: small;">Pink Floyd&lsquo;s legendary 1973 album, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among this year&rsquo;s class. In the release accompanying the announcement, &lsquo;The Dark Side of the Moon&rsquo; is called &ldquo;an example of brilliant, innovative production in service of the music.&rdquo; They go on to cite the harmonies of David Gilmour and Richard Wright, as well as the successful integration of Roger Waters&lsquo; interviews of the studio staff into the album&rsquo;s concept. Also added to the registry,&lsquo;Cheap Thrills&rsquo; by Big Brother and the Holding Company, which launched Janis Joplin to national prominence, the self-titled debut by the Ramones and the Bee Gees soundtrack to &lsquo;Saturday Night Fever.&rsquo; Created in 2000, the National Recording Registry annually selects 25 recordings that are &ldquo;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&rdquo; and &ldquo;reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience.&rdquo; You can find out about all of this year&rsquo;s inductees, which range from spoken word to opera to jazz, at the Library of Congress&rsquo; website.</span>
    Pink Floyd‘s legendary 1973 album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ is one of 25 recordings to be inducted into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The record received the highest number of public nominations among...

    Tags: Bee Gees (music group), Pink Floyd (music group), Entertainment, Music, Library of Congress

    6. Mar 14, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. SXSW 2013: Clive Davis and how the talent scout who knew 'nothing' got famous

    AUSTIN, Texas -- Clive Davis is always selling something, it seems. At the South by Southwest Music Conference on Thursday, it was his autobiography that was being flogged, and as he sat to talk about it with Billboard journalist Bill Werde, he...

    Tags: Kelly Clarkson, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Entertainment, Alicia Keys, Music

    7. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  7. Local record stores jump on the Black Friday bandwagon

    <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home" target="_blank">Record Store Day</a> is a promotional event that happens in the spring, but not to be left out of all the Black Friday-Small Business Saturday hubbub, independent music shops are getting in on the holiday shopping rush.
    Record Store Day is a promotional event that happens in the spring, but not to be left out of all the Black Friday-Small Business Saturday hubbub, independent music shops are getting in on the holiday shopping rush. "Ah, Black Friday," reads a post on...

    Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Entertainment, Black Friday (shopping), Leonard Cohen, Music

    8. Aug 15, 2009 |Story| WPIX-LTV

  8. New Yorkers Rock Out To 40th Anniversary Of Woodstock

    Celebrations are taking place all weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival on the site of the original concert..
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    Celebrations are taking place all weekend to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock music festival on the site of the original concert.. The event is being held in the conservative farm town of Bethel. Because of its large percentage...

    Tags: Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock Festival (1969), Festive Events, Jefferson Airplane (music group), Music Industry

    9. May 21, 2009 |Story| KTXL-LTV

  9. Woodstock Rocker-Turned Public Defender Announces Retirement

    WOODLAND - Barry Melton went from playing at Woodstock to representing the poor as the public defender in Woodland.
    WOODLAND - Barry Melton went from playing at Woodstock to representing the poor as the public defender in Woodland. Now he's a casualty of the poor economy, taking early retirement to spare younger attorneys from being laid off in Yolo County, west of...

    Tags: Justice System, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Lawyers, Retirement, Crime, Law and Justice

    10. Sep 23, 1999 |Story| Metromix

  10. Best of the century

    We tend to view the arts as evolutionary, with events and works slowly altering the course of different disciplines. But once in a while, there is a convergence of movies or plays or musical compositions that are so significant that they create waves,...

    Tags: Movies, London (England), Leonard Bernstein, Theater, Peter Martins

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