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What Jimi Hendrix did on my birthday

  By Robert Reid | April 11, 2018 - 2:57 pm | Music, Places, USA
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Jimi Hendrix was not very happy on the day I was born (March 22, 1968). Because I’m in Seattle, I went to MoPOP (the Museum of Pop Culture). And lingered longest at the small exhibits on Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix’s travels. The latter … Read on →

Tagged Seattle

Ranking the Rolling Stones Sax Solos: BEST TO WORST

  By Robert Reid | April 4, 2018 - 4:21 pm | Music, Robert's Record Corner, Video
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No rock’n’roll band NOT named for an E Street has provided a more consistent, welcoming SAX SANCTUARY for the controversial woodwind than the Rolling Stones. At my count, they’ve left room for sax parts in 50 songs, 16 of which get bonafide solos. … Read on →

Tagged rock'n'roll, Rolling Stones, sax solos, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter

Let’s talk about the worthiness of Soviet rock music!

  By Robert Reid | October 10, 2017 - 7:30 pm | Music, Robert's Record Corner, Russia, Video
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Growing up a Cold War kid in Oklahoma, I naturally became fascinated with the (forbidden) Soviet Union. In high school, I thumbed through copies of Soviet Life in the school library for a report on life in the USSR. Later I read Tolstoy and Dostoevsky … Read on →

Tagged new wave, Soviet Union

Introducing… Robert’s Record Corner!!

  By Robert Reid | April 7, 2017 - 1:39 pm | Music, Robert's Record Corner, Video
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Ever wonder why some people favor old mono recordings to stereo ones? There is a very simple reason why, which I discuss on Episode #00001 of Robert’s Record Corner. (See all of them here.) This new show — which will run as long … Read on →

Tagged Charlie Watts, Records, Rolling Stones, video, Vinyl

Why Richie Sambora’s 1980s hat ruined the 1990s (AKA Why Pearl Jam shouldn’t be in the Rock’n'Roll Hall of Fame until they apologize)

  By Robert Reid | January 19, 2017 - 10:09 am | Music
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Imagine turning 21 as the Berlin Wall comes down. I did. It was the year I first visited Europe. I went with a goatee. Laugh if you want. But no baseball players or Republicans had goatees back then. We were the first-generation MTV … Read on →

Tagged Pearl Jam

Top 50 David Bowie songs of all time (Earth edition)

  By Robert Reid | January 10, 2017 - 11:12 am | Music, Uncategorized
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David Bowie’s been away from us for a year now. And it’s taken as long for me to figure out my favorite 50 Bowie songs. The target changes so much because Bowie changed so much. I’ve had many Bowie phases in my life … Read on →

Tagged Bowie, David Bowie
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