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Gene and Dean Ween bring virtuosity and humor to live shows
It is 1984, in an eighth grade typing class in rural New Hope, Pa. Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman are ignoring the lesson, preferring instead to reflect upon the inherent merits of the Beatles, Prince and Syd Barrett. This discussion later results in...Tags: Prince (music artist), Frank Sinatra, Led Zeppelin (music group), YouTube, Human Interest
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Phish's 2010 Halloween 'mask'? Little Feat's 'Waiting for Columbus'
Pop & HissWell, Phish fans, we were all wrong. At least the five dozen of us who ventured guesses about which musical âmaskâ the Vermont jam band would don for Halloween, in response to guitarist Trey Anastasioâs recent comments to Pop &...... -
Folk singers Linda Perhacs and Ruthann Friedman drift down from the canyons to McCabe's on Sunday
Pop & HissIn 1970, Linda Perhacs recorded “Parallelograms,” her lone album, which builds to mystical heights on the breathtaking title song, a concentric suite of multi-tracked vocals, finger-picked guitar and a big rupturing maw of a freak-out, all... -
Former Magic Band guitarist Gary Lucas to bring Captain Beefheart Symposium to Echoplex
Pop & HissDon Van Vliet, best known in rock circles as Captain Beefheart but also an accomplished visual artist, turns 70 years old on Jan. 15, and to celebrate the legendary iconoclastic artist's art and influence, former Magic Band guitarist Gary Lucas...... -
Don Van Vliet's tip for guitarists: "Listen to the birds. That's where all music comes from."
Pop & HissAmong the bits of advice that Don Van Vliet, in the guise of his musical alter ego, Captain Beefheart, listed in a 1996 musical primer called âCaptain Beefheartâs 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing,â is this, number 1: âListen to the...... -
Frank Zappa 70th birthday digital bundle on iTunes
Pop & HissJohn Lennon isnât the only rock star with a 70th birthday in 2010. Frank Zappa would have hit 7-0 today, Dec. 21, and to mark the occasion his estate has assembled a birthday bundle of a dozen recordings that is...... -
What are the 100 greatest Jewish songs? 'My Mammy'? 'If I Were a Rich Man'?
Pop & HissIn a list that's bound to spark debate among Jews and Gentiles alike, Tablet magazine commissioned writers-scholars Jody Rosen and Ari Y. Kelman to compile their list of the 100 greatest Jewish songs of all time. It's a Sisysphean task,...... -
Axe to grind? Steve Vai to teach budding guitar gods with Berklee online course
Brand XHere's one New Year's resolution you can keep: get guitar lessons from a rock god. Boston's Berklee College of Music , whose alumni range from Bill Frissell to John Mayer, is offering a new online course through its Berkleemusic continuing education... -
Paris Fashion Week: Paul Smith goes lunar luxe
All The RageFramed by a backlit photo of the full moon hanging on the horizon at both ends of the runway, and accompanied by a soundtrack that began and ended with the strains of space rock pioneers Pink Floyd, Paul Smith sent...... -
Los Angeles: English teachers, rejoice -- Children's Hospital goes grammatical
Opinion L.A.Of all the minor irritants I encounter about life in Los Angeles -- and you have your list too -- one of mine has been remedied. Childrens Hospital is going grammatical. That has been its legal name since it was...... -
Classic Hollywood: Cemeteries of the stars
Steve Goldstein knows where all the famous bodies are buried.
By day, he's a businessman who owns a payroll service. But in his off hours, he's one of Hollywood's best-known grave hunters. Author of "LA's Graveside Companion: Where the V.I.P.s R.I.P" and...Tags: Roy Orbison, Heart Attack, Physical Conditions, Nelson Eddy, Dean Martin
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