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Monday, July 26, 2010

Springsteen's Latest Surprise Appearance at the Stone Pony

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One of my favorite things about the Stone Pony (and just one of them, mind you), is that you never know when Bruce Springsteen might show u...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Don't Try to Stand Me Up, This is the Last Game of Pool I'll Play - The Death of Morgan Earp, Tombstone 'Epitaph', 1882

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From: The Tombstone Epitaph, THE DEADLY BULLET, March 20, 1882 The Assassin at Last Successful in His Devilish Mission, Morgan Earp Shot ...

Native American Moon Names

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Native Americans named each recurring full Moon and the month it occurred in.  These are Algonquin names; other names were sometimes used a...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Conversations With Bob Masse - Psychedelic Art as Pop Dada

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Bob Masse Art I have had the pleasure of talking with some really amazing artists over the past few weeks while working on a feature for F...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Anniversary of Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux's death,

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Today in 1980 Keyboardist Keith Godchaux, who began working with the Dead when keyboardist Pigpen began falling ill. Godchaux died in a tr...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

“Don't Make a Drug Shop of Your Body" - "Twelve Ways to Commit Suicide,” from the American Medical Journal, 1875

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You'll wear out your fainting couch if you... FC at Nook 1.Wearing of thin shoes and cotton stockings on damp nights and in cold, rainy...

The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved by Hunter S. Thompson

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Ralph Stedman The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved By Hunter S. Thompson Originally published in Scanlan’s Monthly, June 1970. ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Bob Dylan, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie

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Woody Guthrie sings "Will You Miss Me" with Leadbelly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHKvRNK6KYQ Text, Bob Dylan's ...

Justin Townes Earle Joins Ralph Stanley and Others in Cast of "My Fool Heart"

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Palm Reader's Sign by Elm from film website Justin Townes Earle, son of Country Music legend Steve Earle, is on tour right now! For dat...

Dita Von Tease's Striptease in Jean Paul Gaultier's Autumn/Winter 2010 Collection

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Burlesque dancer and former wife of Marilyn Manson, Dita Von Tease, (check our  Art Attacks  for one of his paintings and info about an exhi...
Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bob Weir Held at Canadian Border

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Michael O'Neill and Bob Weir Here's how I'm thinking the conversation that led to Weir's detention went: Canadian Officia...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Spider Eyes!

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If only my Pulp Fiction writing great-uncle had had these when he dressed up like his "Spider" character! Follow  PulpSpider on T...

Autobiography of Mark Twain Soon to be Released!

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Photo Source When Twain's autobiography was first edited he said of the process: "“From the first, second, third and fourth edi...
Friday, July 9, 2010

Mike Seeger in Retrospect

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I just discovered that my interview with Mike Seeger, http://countrymusicpride.com/mike-seeger/ , first published on GratefulWeb.net, may h...