Tagged: 35years

The first glimpse I catch of Captain Sensible, legendary guitarist of punk rock icons The Damned, is from 15 feet away, nervously peeking out of the doorway of the band's dressing room. “I don’t want to do it!”  he mock-pleads with Damned drummer and tour manager Pinch, “Monty (OxyMoron – Damned keyboardist of the last 10 years) says he wants to do the press.”  It's moments like this that strike fear into an interviewer's heart. A flash of the future interview plays across my mind - one where all of my questions [...]

When it comes to industrial design, few consumer electronics or computer makers have the legacy or influence of Apple, Inc. In the last 35 years, Apple has introduced a myriad of products and devices. Artist Mike Vasilev created this infographic for Mashable, highlighting the major Apple product releases and design changes from 1976 through 2011. Click on image to make larger

What a year it's been for JPT Scare Band ! After plying their frenzied, hard-rocking, acid blues trade in near obscurity, the world is waking up to JPT Scare Band 's brand of acidified blues and the love and accolades keep pouring in. Classic Rock Magazine , featured JPT Scare Band on their November edition cover-mounted CD, Rhapsody declared JPT Scare Band one of the "10 Essential Proto-Metal bands", and their debut Ripple Music release, Acid Blues is the White Man's Burden soared up [...]

photo: The JPT Scare Band in 1976 The JPT Scare Band will hit the stage for the first in 35 years with a show in their hometown Kansas City. The heavy acid rock trio is one of the great lost Seventies bands. With the re-release of their album Acid Blues is the White Man's Burden last year the band chalked up of rave reviews and the members have been working on new material since then. They are sharing the bill with Granmax and The [...]

A couple of weeks ago I hit the 35 year old milestone and it got me thinking.  There's been a lot of great music that's come out during my lifetime, so I decided to put together a list of my 35 "go to" albums.  These may not all be the "best" albums that have come out over that time, but they are the ones I consistently reach for and enjoy. So here it goes (in no particular order): Nick Cave &

Happy 35th birthday to Stony Plain.

Stony Plain’s latest birthday celebration draws on a rich and extraordinarily deep catalog for a killer compilation.

(35 years ago, Taxi Driver was unleashed on the American movie-going public.  The film, which solidified the iconic relationship between Martin Scorsese and Robert Deniro, won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 1976 and was nominated for four Academy Awards. For its anniversary, a restored 35 mm print of the film screened at New York's Film Forum in March; the print is currently touring the country.  Below, our film expert Franklin Laviola , who was present at the New York screening, reflects on the power and legacy of this great film). Released in [...]

U.S. military action in Vietnam was a piece in the global Cold War struggle. After Vietnamese nationalists overthrew French colonialists in the 1950s, the country was divided between the Communist north and the anti-Communist south. In the ensuing conflict, Washington backed the south, fearing that a Communist takeover could cascade through Southeast Asia. The first U.S. forces engaged in the conflict in secret, by way of Cambodia. As the civil war intensified in the 1960s, the United States expanded its operations in the region, deploying some 3 million American troops over time, but U.S. forces struggled to gain ground as [...]