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Sandy Haley Brings Her Mix Of Blues, Gospel and Motown To The Ojai Blues Fest This Coming Weekend
Sandy Haley brings her mix of Motown and blues to scenic Ojai on Saturday, June 4. Her performance, part of the Ojai Blues Fest, brings a return of the Blues Fest to the stage which was on hiatus since 2019. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Interviews, Miscellanious, Music, Upcoming Events
Tagged California Art Center, Crooked Eye Tommy, Ojai, Ojai Blues Fest, Sandy Haley, Tommy Marsh
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Marlon Hoffman Interview: Le Happy, La Paix And LA, Rock N Roll Stories Won’t Fade Away
Marlon Hoffman has led a very interesting life, both in the music business as an artist and also as a fan. He’s presently recording a new album, with many friends of his that others would love to have on an … Continue reading
Howard Hessman Dies AT 81: Some Friendly Memories With ‘Dr. Johnny Fever’
Howard Hesseman passed away Saturday, due to complications from a surgery. He was 81. His career spanned many decades, but he’s probably known vest for his role as Dr. Johnny Fever, the counter-culture DJ on WKRP in Cincinnati which ran from … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious, Movies, News & Sports, Television
Tagged Howard Hesseman, WKRP in Cincinnati
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PTSD: The Next Pandemic; A New Story From Author Jason Lee Morrison
Ed note: Jason Lee Morrison released this short story in conjunction with the new release of his first book, The Perfect Fucking Life; now at Amazon Books; and this week at Barnes and Noble. A full interview with Jason is … Continue reading
Woodystock Blues Festival With Headliner Jimmy Carpenter Coming to Laughlin: Blues, Casinos, Camping and Lots of Fun!
Woodystock Blues Festival is coming up again soon; and this one’s going to be a doozey of a weekend! This is the second year for the new location for Woodystock. This year, Woodystock takes place in the Laughlin, Nevada, Bullhead … Continue reading
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Tito Jackson Headlines Upcoming Long Beach New Blues Festival
Tito Jackson and his band are coming to Long Beach, to headline the Long Beach New Blues Festival on Saturday, November 13. The event will be held at a new location, the beautiful Shoreline Aquatic Park, on the water in … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Interviews, Miscellanious, Music, Upcoming Events
Tagged Blues, blues guitar, Jackson 5, Jackson Five, long beach, Long Beach New Blues Festival, Tito Jackson, Under Your Spell
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Wife Of A Spy Builds a Hitchcock Style Thriller Based In Pre-WW2; Releasing September 24
Wife Of A Spy is an exquisitely crafted film from Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Tokyo Sonata). The film, in Japanese with English subtitles, takes place in Kobe, Japan, pre-war 1940. Satoko (Yū Aoi, Japan Society’s 2021 Honoree) is … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Upcoming Events
Tagged hitchcock, japan, Kino Lorber, Manchuria, Thriller, Wife of a Spy, World War 2, WW2
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Treefort Music Fest: Venture Up North To Boise For Over 400 Bands, Plus Storyfort, Foodfort And Many Other Forts Too
Treefort is Back! Boise’, and the Pacific North West’s most popular event has returned after the unplanned ‘hiatus’ that was called 2020. All the top ‘Forts’ will be there, including Foodfort, Alefort, Comedyfort, Kidfort, Hackfort, Filmfort, Dragfort, Yogafort and Storyfort. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Events, Food, Interviews, Miscellanious, Movies, Music, Upcoming Events
Tagged Foodfort, Joshy Soul, Storyfort, The Marias, Treefort, Treefort Music Fest
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Dusty Hill, Bass Player/Vocalist For ZZ Top, Dead at 72–A Driving Memory
Dusty Hill, the bass player as well as one of the vocalists for blues-rock giant ZZ Top, died today at his Houston home. This brought an interesting memory to me. Around 2005, I took a cross-country trip with a friend … Continue reading
Dio Cancer Fund To Celebrate Ronnie James Dio’s Birthday With Virtual Fundraiser
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund was established to honor one of the top heavy metal rock vocalists of all time. He tragically lost his fight with stomach cancer on May 16, 2010. On Saturday, July … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sabbath, cancer, Dio, Dio Cancer Fund, Jeff Pilson, RollingLiveStudios, Ronnie James Dio, Vinnie Appice, Wendy Dio
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