New swimsuit arrives in mail, bringing total of new suits to three in as many months . (Perhaps there is a Swimsuit of the Month club?) Instructions on tag state that suit should be Kept awa… Read More
Jeb stood looking out the large tinted window in his office. Traffic was inching its way from the city across to northern Virginia. Soon, he figured, they would be home, getting ready for th… Read More
Photo: Martine Ehrenclou
By Martine Ehrenclou
Gov’t Mule put on a mind-blowing show at The Wiltern theater, a three-hour event that featured elite, guest musicians. As if Grammy Award… Read More
What You Need To Know About Focal Length
Given the fact that more and more people are shooting footage with either DSLRs or MILCs these days it would be a real pity not to take advantage of… Read More
Jimi Hendrix would have been 75 years old today. Born in Seattle, Washington, Johnny Allen Hendrix was a legendary American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the mo… Read More
Come July 1, 2018 and and Canada will make Cannabis consumption legal at home and on the streets, just like tobacco and alcohol. Parents of teenagers, including myself are very apprehensive… Read More
Surfing The Interweb So You Don't Have To!
Here's My Weekly Roundup Of Various Items From The World Wide Web!
The Hidden History of a Rock & Roll Hitmaker
Archaeologists S… Read More
Several years ago, as part of an ongoing series of blog posts that were part of my Rock Geography series, I did a post on My Father's Place, one of Long Island’s most legendary live ve… Read More
Quite often, when I'm trolling around the interweb, I usually stumble upon something that I find interesting; either old photographs of a historical nature or a blog post about a forg… Read More
Today's post is the third installment of my Concert Posters Series!By the 1970's, many rock posters began to abandon the LSD-inspired San Francisco look.Some o the poster artists began… Read More
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series The Sermon On The Mount
The Sermon On The Mount takes up 3 of the 28 chapters in Matthew’s Gospel. Obviously, Matthew thought it was im… Read More
Photo: Mickey Deneher
By Kevin Porter
Perhaps one of the most pleasant surprises in music for 2018 is the album Journeys to the Heart of the Blues by blues masters Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Ka… Read More
Part 2 of the When Concert Posters Were An Art Form series!
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Santana
Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
Creedence Clearwa… Read More
By the 1970's, many rock posters began to abandon the LSD-inspired San Francisco look. Some of the poster artists began to use more realism and stylized imagery in the posters being… Read More
Photo: Martine Ehrenclou
By Martine Ehrenclou
As part of his “Titans Of Blues-Rock Series,” Blues promotor Cadillac Zack brought the phenomenal blues-rock guitarist, singer, Albe… Read More
Celebrating “the greatest peaceful event in history,” Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back to Yasgur’s Farm (Krause Publications) by Mike Greenblatt out July 1… Read More
JUNE 2019
For those who haven't heard the sad news: The Grey Horse Tavern, one of LI's most eclectic music venues which is located in Bayport, will be closing this June… Read More
COMMENT: Santana is one of my favorite artists, and is so unique that there is a music genera named after him (rock-Latin fusion, aka Santana sound). My favorite album video at b… Read More
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL’S LIVE AT WOODSTOCK SET FOR AUGUST 2ND RELEASE LONG SOUGHT-AFTER PERFORMANCE AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY CELEBRATES WOODSTOCK&rsq… Read More
By Robert Rheubottom Woodstock continues to loom large in the public's imagination five decades after its historic run from Aug. 15 – Aug. 18, 1969 in Bethel, New York. Veteran music j… Read More
“Just suck it up, grow a pair, stop acting like a girl.”
These are all things I have heard hurled at myself and other guys as I was growing up. Society set certain expectations… Read More
This past Sunday, I woke up to the news that D.A. Pennebaker had passed away at the age of 94. While Pennebaker was a well known film maker to many folks, I thought it would be wor… Read More
Celebrating the diversity of the Long Island Music Scene
AUGUST 2019
1st - Nancy Atlas Good Ground Park Hampton Bays, NY
Nancy Atlas and her band of Journeymen hav… Read More
50 years ago today, The Woodstock Festival took place in White Lake, NY. It was an event that transformed the youth culture and established the Music Festival template that continu… Read More
"What Woodstock taught us about protest in a time of polarization" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2019ExcerptSUMMARY: It’s been 50 years since Woodstock made music history. The groundbr… Read More
new York State Lawmakers, Locally Elected Officials, and Gun Control Advocates, on Friday, made a Symbolic push for Federal Action on Gun Control, Signing a Panel from the Original 1969 Wood… Read More
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Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year. Families get a chance to reunite and celebrate together. For many, it is time to be indoors. Alternately, others prefer to go to… Read More
Searching for luxury hotels among the beautiful rolling hills of the Cotswolds may sound like an easy task – there seems to be one round every corner. However with so many to… Read More
Gibson 'Alvin Lee ES-335 '69 Festival Available Now Worldwide Blues-rock Legend’s Signature “Big Red” Guitar from Breakout Festival Performance Released in Celebration of 5… Read More
Georgia Senate Runoffs Early Voting Kicks-Off, Monday Dec. 14th, for Two Races that will Determine Senate Control.
But there will be Fewer Early Voting Sites available in some parts of the… Read More
With Georgia Republicans indicating they plan to introduce Restrictions on Absentee Voting in the name of Election Security and Democrats gearing up to fight what they say are forms of Voter… Read More
Thanks to Richard Winger of Bllot Access News for this post.
Ranked-Choice-Voting (RCV) Bills in the following States:
Arizona: Rep. Tim Dune (R-13th District, Yuma) has introduced HB 23… Read More
Underwater Love also known by its original Japanese title ‘Onna no Kappa’ is a whimsical, eccentric, off the wall affair. A bizarre mix of explicit, uncensored romance & sea… Read More
Are you someone who loves exploring unexplored places with your soul mate? If the answer is yes, then some offbeat places will never let you come back from your honeymoon. Without giving a s… Read More
As we kick off summer around Chicago, we also get to celebrate Pride 2022! The awesome, conversation-starter pride parades near Chicago are finally back and bigger than ever. Being the first… Read More
Good vibrations resounded through Saugerties, New York, at the Under Over Fest during the July 4th weekend. The cannabis-friendly music festival, so named because it takes place in the shado… Read More
Art is a big word for everyone out there. We will try to understand what art means. By exploring its definitions, different forms, types, and styles, we also delve deeper into the various fo… Read More
Rick Stein once marvelled, “Can you believe Ireland has more than 40 shades of green?” as he travelled across the country on an exciting adventure to introduce the audience to th… Read More