But first: Are You Experienced?
Sean MurphyAh, if only one could come home to packages like this every evening. Wait, check that. That would be too much of a good thing. Who could handle sensory overload…
Ten Songs To Celebrate The Fall of the Wall
Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, 1st Movement Grant Green, “Exodus” Rahsaan Roland Kirk, “Balm in Gilead” John Coltrane, “Psalm” Philip Glass, “String Quartet No. 5” Jimi Hendrix, “Beginnings” Bob…
The Wisdom of Crowds: A Celebration of Humanity via YouTube (Part One: Music)
Everyone knows YouTube is the best shortcut to favorite, as well as forgotten video clips. And while it is well worth recognizing, and celebrating, the millions of anonymous DJs…
August 26, 2002: Remembering My Mother in Music
Blogs are, or can be, like diaries. Except that diaries, by nature, are private. Which begs the question: do people who blog censor or soften the observations, complaints or critiques that…
Jimi Hendrix Was Not Human: Part One
Okay. I wrote words about (and worse, posted pictures of) Camille Paglia and Bret Michaels on this blog within the past month. Since my aim was to bury both and praise neither, I feel I…
Song of the Day: Up from the Skies
Really no commentary necessary. Jimi Hendrix. Vernon Reid. Enough said. I'm smart enough to just get out of the way and enjoy.
Mitch Mitchell: The Perfect Engine for the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sound Affects The PopMatters Music Blog Pop Past 17 November 2008 Mitch Mitchell: The Perfect Engine Not for nothing was the band called The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Certainly, Hendrix did—and…
They Will Rock You (They Are The Champions)
Part One: Introduction (and Apology) October ’08. In the spirit of two quintessentially American inventions (obsessions, really), baseball and rock and roll, it seemed like a swell idea to merge…