Thursday, December 08, 2005

The Late, Great Johnny Ace! and Mr. Mojo Rising.


25 years have marked the passing of one of the most influential and imaginitive forces in Rock 'N' Roll. John Lennon was shot to death by He-Who-Should-Not-Be-Named in front of his upper westside apartment building in New York City.


Also today is Jim Morrison's 62nd birthday.

3 Comments:

Blogger Phlem said...

like the mugshot!

4:37 PM  
Blogger Pixletwin said...

Yeah. He looks like patrick swayzee from the outsiders in that pic! ha ha ha ha

6:59 PM  
Blogger slickdpdx said...

http://orbis-quintus.net/blog/?p=2094

A few nights ago–the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, actually–my friend Sean Carrillo sent me a link to a deliciously goofy MP3. It was a novelty single his wife Bibbe Hansen recorded with two girlfriends in 1964 as The Whippets: “Let’s Go Go Go With Ringo.” This primitive girl group 45 would be a hoot in its own right, but it becomes all the neater when you reflect that Bibbe was the littlest Warhol superstar, daughter of happenings Fluxus artist Al Hansen and later mother to Beck, while Janet Whippet (link includes audio) was the only child of Jack Kerouac. Charlotte Rosenthal, meanwhile, had interesting taste in friends…

CHECK IT OUT INCLUDES MP3

11:05 AM  

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