On This Date in 1969: The Band called Alice Cooper appeared at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival Festival held at Varsity Stadium. Other acts on the bill included John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (with Eric Clapton), Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, The Doors and Gene Vincent – with Alice Cooper members Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Michael Bruce and Glen Buxton serving as Vincent’s backing band. Continue reading Alice Cooper Band’s Fabled “Chicken Incident” Turns 40!
“Sorry, Jesus.”
On This Date, August 11th In 1966: John Lennon apologized at a press conference in Chicago for his comment that “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus.” I love Jesus and everything, but if I could find a reasonably priced, high quality T-shirt that says “The Beatles: More Popular Than Jesus” on it, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
THE BEATLES Box Of Vision® Ushers In A New Era For Beatles Fans And Collectors. The Deluxe Companion to the Newly Re-mastered BEATLES CDs Includes the First LP Size Book of Complete Album Artwork and Storage For The Entire Beatles CD Catalog. In anticipation of the September 2009 release of The Beatles’ digitally re-mastered catalog, THE BEATLES Box Of Vision® is now available for pre-order at Box Of Vision for late August delivery, and will be available at select retailers this Fall. Pre-order price is $80.00 US.
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Bob Gruen’s Iconic Photo of Lennon, The T Shirt is Part of the Exhibit
After suffering through what was most definitely the rainiest, dreariest, most super un-fun June in memory, we’ve finally gotten our much-coveted NYC summer weather! And I do not think you could have asked for better day than Sunday, when Geoffrey and I took off on one of our downtown adventures to see the John Lennon: The New York City Years exhibit at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Soho. As described on the Annex website, “this feature exhibit explores John Lennon’s passion for music, art, politics and film, with New York City as his backdrop. Continue reading John Lennon: The New York City Years Exhibit at the R&R HOF Annex
Wow, this video is so rad, it almost makes me wish I cared about video games. Almost.