The myth of John Lennon, 40 years after his murder
John Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980 in New York. What is left of an icon that has forever marked the history of music?
Sensitivity, rebellion, loneliness, pacifism and a sense of civil justice embodied in one man:Â this is what we have lost when, on December 8 of forty years ago,
John Lennon was murdered in cold blood by
Mark Chapman with a gunshot.
With that gesture, he took away from the history of music of the second half of the Twentieth century, the founder of the most famous rock band ever and a soloist whose musical genius still had a lot to give.
09 02 2021
IN ORDER TO TRULY blow one’s mind, one must travel to the far reaches of the music cosmos – to a place where Throbbing Gristle, Barbra Streisand, Captain Beefheart, Bongwater, Tim Buckley and Boredoms reign supreme and sonic adventures into the unknown are an essential part of daily life. A dimension where flipped-out acid rock rubs shoulders with records that reconfigured our conception of what music could be while manifestations of further-out lunacy – some barely recognisable as music at all – hover while laughing maniacally.
Welcome, then, to our list of the 50 Most “Out There” Albums Of All Time. Dig in, hold on tight and when you ve emerged from the mayhem, let us know what we ve missed by voting for your own ultimate weird record. We’ll compile a readers’ list as soon as our wigs have unflipped.
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When the elements came together for Earth, Wind & Fire to release their self-titled debut in February 1971, there was indeed a new force of nature in the music world. Fifty years later, the visionary band founded by Maurice White who died from Parkinson s disease in 2016 has its own shining star in the galaxy of all-time R&B greats. When you start, you don t know if you re gonna get to 50 you don t know if you re gonna get to five, says Maurice s brother, bassist Verdine White, 69, who has been in the group for all 50 years.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man s fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call The Pretentious Zone.
Saturday morning broke with gray skies, bitter temperatures, and, for Portland native turned Deep Ellum resident Guy Raid , a stinging hangover from an invite-only folktronica show the night before.
Bummed that nobody else at the concert really “got” what the band was saying, Raid turns the dial of his antique tube radio to the local community station. As he sits at the living room/bathroom side of his 300 sq. foot studio apartment he overpays for, he stews over how he can better educate his friends on what music is worth their time and what’s just mainstream mayonnaise out to fool any sucker who doesn’t
Returning to Minnesota, her writing is redefining what it means to be an outdoors woman
Grand Rapids native Ashley Bredemus quit her job in Florida and moved to the edge of the BWCAW, where she writes The Cabin Season blog. 7:10 am, Feb. 7, 2021 ×
Ashley Bredemus works at a computer in a cabin at Birchwood Wilderness Camp near the end of the Gunflint Trail. An engineer by training, Bredemus returned to Minnesota to run the summer boys camp with her dad. She s also developing a large social media presence as an outdoor influencer for women. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
ALONG THE SEA GULL RIVER It was 20 below zero on the morning Ashley Bredemus, her fiancé, Victor Pilon, and their very big dog, Arlo, walked across the frozen river to greet visitors at a parking lot a half-mile away.