by | Dec 3, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the NY Daily News Legendary American folk singer Odetta, whose powerful voice influced so many musicians, has died of heart disease at Lennox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. She was 77. She was long-associated with the civil rights movement. Odetta called on her...
by | Dec 3, 2008 | Los Angeles
from the LA Times Pop & Hiss music blog Barney’s Beanery: Jim Morrison peed here (on the bar) 02:05 PM PT, Nov 27 2008 You have to be really, really famous — no, legendary — to make a restaurant want to put up a memorial plaque marking the exact...
by | Dec 2, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the NY Times Melena Ryzik writes: Vivienne Westwood bondage pants, photographs of Lou Reed and Blondie, badges for the Buzzcocks and concert flyers from clubs like Max’s Kansas City went up for bid at the decidedly nonpunk hour of 10 a.m. Photo: Hiroko...
by | Nov 30, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from The Irish Times The shining stars who burned out too soon AIDAN DUNNE Thu, Nov 27, 2008 VISUAL ART:A NUMBER OF ARTISTS who died fairly recently and prematurely but whose influence is still very much alive are featured in Now’s the Timeat the Hugh Lane...
