“Nobody told me there’d be days like these…” Remembering John Lennon.
John Lennon was fatally shot by Mark Chapman at the entryway of his The Dakota home, in New York City, onContinue Reading
Tag: Music History
Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy: Weird, Wonderful and Iconic!
At the end of 1993, there was no bigger band in the world than Pearl Jam, except maybe Nirvana. IfContinue Reading
Kate Bush is anything but cool.
Kate Bush is anything but cool. Yet despite her oddness, particularly her brand of pop music, she hit a strangeContinue Reading
1991: The Greatest Year in Music?
I’ve resisted temptation for long enough and decided to join the swelling tide of music enthusiasts looking back at whatContinue Reading
Classic albums: Jagged Little Pill Is Still Awesome!
Before the year 1995, I have to admit I had never heard of Alanis Morissette. I think its fair toContinue Reading
‘1979’: Billy Corgan’s ode to youth.
Rolling Stone magazine best sums up ‘1979’ as “a mid tempo tune that looks back on the aimless fun ofContinue Reading
The Beatles painting Images of a Woman, Tokyo, 1966.
Images of a Woman, also known as The Tokyo Painting is one of those rare Beatles memorabilia pieces that not manyContinue Reading
The Paul is dead rumour.
I found myself, as I often do, looking over my vinyl collection of Beatles records the other day, in particularlyContinue Reading
Guitar Heroes: Neil Young’s ‘Hitchhiker’.
I was first introduced to Neil Young, when he teamed up with Pearl Jam, to perform Rockin’ in the Free World inContinue Reading
On my stereo this week: ‘I Am Mine’ by Pearl Jam.
I vividly remember how Pearl Jam almost broke up, reeling from sadness, anger maybe even guilt, when a concert tragedyContinue Reading
