Bo Diddley 1928 - 2008

Jeff Healey 1966-2008

Desgraciadament, el càncer s'ha emportat al cel dels rockers al magnífic Jeff Healey quan nomès tenía 41 anys. Ens deixa un grapat de bons discs que recomano des d'aquest blog i la versió del "While my guitar gently weeps" que hem tingut l'oportunitat d'escoltar en més d'una ocasió al nostre programa. Una autèntica llàstima la desaparició d'aquest home honest i apassionat de la música.
D.E.P.

Paul is dead

I no em refereixo a Macca i la famosa llegenda urbana, sinó a Paul Cole, l'home que surt a la dreta de la coberta de l'Abbey Road.

Paul Cole, man on Beatles' 'Abbey Road' cover, dies
By Bill DeYoung Friday,
February 15, 2008

BAREFOOT BAY — Paul Cole was in one of the most famous photographs of the
20th century, and yet he wasn't famous.
Cole, a longtime Barefoot Bay
resident, died Wednesday in Pensacola at age 96. He is clearly seen in the famous shot of the Beatles walking across London's Abbey Road, used as the front cover of the group's classic 1969 album, "Abbey Road." Over the years, the picture has been reproduced in books, on posters, coffee mugs, T-shirts and hundreds of other places.
The retired salesman is standing on the sidewalk, just behind the Beatles. Gawking at them.
In a 2004 interview with Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Cole explained how he came to be there at that precise moment.
On a London vacation with his wife, Cole — then a resident of Deerfield Beach — declined to enter a museum on the north London thoroughfare.
"I told her, 'I've seen enough museums. You go on in, take your time and look around and so on, and I'll just stay out here and see what's going on outside,'" he recalled.
Parked just outside was a black police van. "I like to just start talking with people," Cole said. "I walked out, and that cop was sitting there in that police car. I just started carrying on a conversation with him. I was asking him about all kinds of things, about the city of London and the traffic control, things like that. Passing the time of day."
In the picture, Cole is standing next to the police van.
It was 10 a.m., Aug. 8, 1969. Photographer Iain McMillan was on a stepladder in the middle of the street, photographing the four Beatles as they walked, single-file, across Abbey Road, John Lennon in his famous white suit, Paul McCartney without shoes. The entire shoot lasted 10 minutes.
"I just happened to look up, and I saw those guys walking across the street like a line of ducks," Cole remembered. "A bunch of kooks, I called them, because they were rather radical-looking at that time. You didn't walk around in London barefoot."
About a year later, Cole first noticed the "Abbey Road" album on top of the family record player (his wife was learning to play George Harrison's love song "Something" on the organ). He did a double-take when he eyeballed McMillan's photo.
"I had a new sportcoat on, and I had just gotten new shell-rimmed glasses before I left," he says. "I had to convince the kids that that was me for a while. I told them, 'Get the magnifying glass out, kids, and you'll see it's me.'"

Via Agente Smith, via tcpalm.com

30 anys sense el Rei...

...encara que tots sabem que segueix viu.

Funhouse Festival 2007

Enguany el Funhouse Festival es trasllada al nostre poble. Els actes de presentació seran el divendres 27 al Bar +K2, amb l'actuació d'Ainara Legardon i Songstore.

El festival començarà el dissabte a les 6 de la tarda al Castell. Els grups programats són Half Foot Outside, Shanty Rd, Bullitt, Coconot, Cohete, Estrategia lo Capto, Las Dolores i Nisei.

John Belushi (24-09-1942/05-03-1982)

Bullitt al Màgic 22-12-06

Concert de Bullitt a la sala Màgic de Barcelona (Paseeig Picasso, 40) el proper dijous 21 a les 23:00, juntament amb Miau-Miau

http://www.myspace.com/bullitrules

Trey Anastasio detingut

Former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio was arrested in December 2006 by upstate New York cops for driving while intoxicated and illegal possession of a variety of medications (Xanax, Percocet, and Hydrocodone) prescribed in someone else's name. Anastasio, 42, whose real first name is Ernest, was nabbed by Whitehall police just miles from the Vermont border following a traffic stop. He was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, DWI-drugs, and driving without a license.

CBGB OMFUG RIP

El passat dia 15 va tancar les seves portes per última vegada el CBGB. Juntament amb The Cavern,el Fillmore East, el Marquee i el Whiskey Go Go, ha estat un dels locals amb més història en el món del rock.Obert al desembre del 73, petit, brut, amb les parets plenes d'adhesius i pósters que han anat enganxant els milers de clients i centenars de bandes que han passat per la seva barra, el seu escenari i els seus serveis, ha acabat despareixent per culpa dels alts preus del lloguer a la zona de Manhattan.Grans bandes de l'escena punk i rockera americana i mundial han trepitjat el seu escenari: els més importants i el que van donar renom al local foren Ramones, però també van actuar uns desconeguts Police, Blondie, Bad Brains, Television, Talking Heads, Ac/DC, The B'52's, Black Flag, Beastie Boys, Devendra Banhart, Blues Traveler, Jeff Buckley, Coheed & Cambria, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Dave Matthews Band, Dead kennedys, Devo, The Dictators, Guns N' Roses, Iggy Pop, Living Colour, Lou Reed, New York Dolls, Pearl Jam, Joey Ramone, Soul Asylium, Bruce Springsteen, The Stooges, Umphrey's McGee...Hi ha varies llegendes entorn al local del 315 de Bowery, la més extesa potser es que el 80% dels seus beneficis eren produïts per la venda de samarretes i l'altre 20% per la barra del bar. No seria gens estrany. El nom complert del club es CBGB OMFUG (COUNTRY BLUEGRASS BLUES - OTHER MUSIC FOR UPLIFTING GORMANDIZERS).

CBGB OMFUG

Concert de Bullit a Apolo [2]

Diumenge 19 de novembre, a les 21:00, concert de Don Caballero i Bullit a la sala Apolo2.

Missatge de Phil Lesh

Missatge de Phil Lesh aparegut a la web The Phil Zone, confirmant que té càncer de pròstata:

Message from Phil on 10.26.2006
What do I have in common with Rudy
Giuliani, John Kerry, Bob Dole, Joe Torre, Nelson Mandela, Sean Connery, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito of Japan, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Roger Moore, Sydney Poitier, and Robert De Niro?
Like them, and along with thousands of other men, I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.Since my liver transplant, my health has been monitored by a crack team of doctors; in the course of this program, I have periodic blood tests and clinic visits. At my last clinic, my doctor noticed that my PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) levels had increased over the last period. He recommended that I see a urologist, and a biopsy confirmed the diagnosis. I have decided to have it removed in early December with da Vinci robotic surgery.
Since we’ve caught it very early, and it’s small and slow-growing, I fully expect to have a rapid and complete recovery.I am feeling energetic as always, and all my scheduled appearances will occur as planned.As you know, I urge everyone to become an organ donor to help save lives. Now, I am also urging all men: speak to your doctor about having periodic regular PSA screening for early detection of prostate cancer- you may save your own life.
-PHIL