Features The story of Moondog: blind poet, Viking vagabond, genius composer by Luke Saunders New York City in the 1960s. A silent sentinel stands on the corner of West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue, in midtown Manhattan. A totemic…
Features The story of Thomas Noguchi: coroner to the stars by Luke Saunders On the 5th of August, 1962, troubled beauty and famed actress Marilyn Monroe was found nude on her bed, face down, with a telephone in…
Features 5 amazing things you didn’t know about Janis Joplin by Luke Saunders Janis Joplin was a free-wheeling soul and the first true female rockstar. Though fame came with its fair share of trials and tribulations. Debilitating drug…
Books Features ‘Janis: Her Life and Music’: a celebration of rock’s first female superstar by Luke Saunders Around 1 a.m. on 4 Oct, 1970, Janis Joplin skin popped a dose of ‘China White’ heroin at Room 105 of the Landmark Motor Hotel….
Features Why are we obsessed with the 27 Club? by Luke Saunders What is our obsession with the beautifully broken? There is something of a mythologising aura surrounding musicians who die at the tender age of 27….
Books News Janis: Her Life and Music, How Good’s Australia and more – Happy’s Weekend Reading by Dan Shaw On the list this week is Janis: Her Life and Music, the tale of the counter-cultural icon, How Good’s Australia is our country’s coming of…
Features The 25 Best ’60s Songs to stick it to the man by Luke Saunders A monumental decade of social and political upheaval, the 1960s saw the Civil Rights Movement, The Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassinations of both Martin…
News New Woodstock 50th anniversary box set will feature every set played at the original festival by Mia Hull It’s starting to look like Woodstock 50 won’t go ahead. However, while we won’t be celebrating the anniversary of the iconic event with a festival,…
News Vinyl A juicy list of rumoured 2019 Record Store Day releases has dropped by Luke Saunders Christmas for wax lovers is just around the bend and the bells are surely ringing. Record Store Day is fast approaching and on April 13th…
