What a collection this week , the very cool RYAN ADAMS , Coldplay’s new Long player . jazz from Wynton marsalis , lady gaga fresh from entertaing Bill clinton , Pitbull joins forces with QWOTE for a dance smash , peter Gabriel with a 46 piece orchestra , Chili peppers , Washington has a couple of new tracks as well
Read moreWith its remake of 80’s teen flick Footloose, Hollywood continues to plunder the riches of Gen X nostalgia and Gen Y’s love of ironic retro cool. The original 1984 film launched Kevin Bacon to stardom as a romantic lead only to see him subsequently playing sleazeballs and paedophiles. Careful not to tinker with a previously successful formula, the filmmakers have created
Read moreExploding in a fountain of gore at a cinema near you is the third version of sci fi horror classic The Thing. This version, directed by Matthijs Heijningen and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton is actually a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film. Without dropping spoilers, fans of the ’82 film will be pleased to know that
Read moreAs an adjunct to the PF Sloan Podcast on the Purple Haze Archive join special guest filmmaker Frank Howson (whose most recent film ‘Remembering Nigel’ features PF Sloan as composer for the music of the film) as he joins host Nick Black as they spin the fabulous covers of PF Sloan songs by artists such as: The Turtles, Hermans Hermits,
Read moreJoin the two leading members of the legendary classic 60’s psychedelic band HP Lovecraft: Ethan Kenning (George Edwards) & David Miotke (Dave Michaels) as they discuss their band’s adventures from Chicago all the way to Hippiedom’s Haight-Ashbury’s San Francisco on this Purple Haze Archive Podcast. Purple Haze is sponsored by Siren Marketing
Read moreJoin husband & wife songwriters John Carter & Gil Shakespeare as they discuss the career of the First Class, best known for their world-wide smash hit single Beach Baby on the first Purple Haze Archive Podcast. And as a special bonus hear the complete John Carter Story as told by John Carter himself! on the second special bonus podcast above. Purple Haze
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