Louie Bellson (1924-2009) Swing drumming great Louie Bellson passed away on February 14 at the age of eighty-four. Initially inspired by Chick Webb and Sid Catlett, Louie found his drumming voice very early on by combining the clear melodic phrasing and rudimental soloing style of Gene Krupa with the swinging groove of Papa Jo Jones [...]
The April issue of Modern Drummer is all about Mitch Mitchell, the legendary drummer with the Jimi Hendrix Experience who passed away last November. In this issue you’ll also find my extensive feature with mathcore drumming genius Blake Richardson of Between the Buried & Me, as well as an update with Josh Garza of NYC’s [...]
From Modern Urban Living: “Sweet Meats creator, Lauren Venell, took her meat expertise (she comes from hearty butcher stock) and product design skills and combined them to create some delicious looking pillows! Originally starting as a personal art project, demand for the pillows soon grew and now she’s making a killing! If you think meat [...]
Coke is the Real Thing Given a choice, I’ll always choose Coke over Pepsi, and I especially have a fondness for Coke collectibles and memorabilia, of which I have a tiny collection. So I was especially attracted to the website Cola Plaza, run by Xander – an avid collector of Coca-Cola cans, bottles and other [...]
1943 – 2001 George Harrison, my favorite Beatle, would have been 66 today. I still miss him.
Andy Warhol Live at the DeYoung. I Saw It. Hey what’s up. I got back last night from my rad trip to San Francisco, where I had the time of my life nonstop for five days, taking only short breaks in the extreme fun-having for tiny bouts of sleeping. San Francisco is so awesome I [...]
Sadly I Could Not Locate an Existing JPEG That Said “Barmitzvah Palooza,” So This Will Have to Do Later this afternoon I’ll be flying out to the west coast to attend the Bar Mitzvah (aka Barmitzvah Palooza) of Mr. Griffin Sloves. Of course, Barmitzvah Palooza will not encompass the entire weekend, so mixed up with [...]
Ignore your kid’s whining and she’ll go away. Either by wandering off or by Child Services. I’ve spent my entire adult life hell-bent on avoiding the mental anguish, responsibility and stretch marks brought about by parenthood, and succeeding beautifully at my quest! Hurray for me! But those of you out there who’ve chosen the having [...]
“Yeah, well, I say what I mean I say what comes to my mind Because I never get around to things I live in a straight – straight line You know me – I’m acting dumb you know the scene – very humdrum boredom – boredom B’dum b’dum” Backstory: On January 29, 1977, Buzzcocks released [...]
Everybody Dance Now Well, here we are at the butt end of a fabulous long, holiday weekend, featuring My Birthday bookended by Valloween (very scary) and Presidents Day (AKA Extra Day to Sleep In). How many of you ancients out there recall back in the day when we got both Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday [...]
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