Tag Archives: Jimi Hendrix

The Arts Seen in NYC (The Divine Patti LuPone Edition)

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Big Town last weekend to catch one thing and another and say, it was swell. First, of course, there was crosstown traffic, which takes roughly 30 minutes to navigate. Official Campaign … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ABC, Al Hirshfeld, Albert Maysles + David Maysles, Alexei von Jawlensky, All Or Nothing At All, America Is Hard to See, and Venice, Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol: Campbell's Soup Cans and Other Works 1953–1967, Arthur Dove, Bauhaus, Bing Crosby, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Bruce Museum, China: Through the Looking Glass, Christopher Kane, Crosstown Traffic, Cut Piece, David Leopold, Douglas Carter Beane, Ella Fitzgerald, Erich Heckel, Ernie Kovacs, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Everything Is Design, Everything Is Design: The Work of Paul Rand, Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance, Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT, Folk City, Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival, Fractured Fairy Tales, Francis Seymour Haden, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires, From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola, Gabriele Münter, Gay Talese, Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift, Gilded New York, Global Fashion Capitals, Gothamist, Grete Stern, Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Gold, HBO, Heather Nolin, Horacio Coppola, IBM, James Gardner, Jerry Saltz, Jewish Museum, Jimi Hendrix, John Singer Sargent, José Luis Sert, Joseph Pennell, Léonide Massine, Le Tricorne, Lincoln Center, London, Marcel Breuer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mikhail Larionov, MOMA, Mortimer Menpes, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the City of New York, Natalia Goncharova, Neue Galerie, New York magazine, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New-York Historical Society, NeXT, One Club Creative Hall of Fame, Pablo Picasso, Patti LuPone, Paul Rand, Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, Ringo Starr, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rorschach test, Russian Modernism: Cross-Currents of German and Russian Art 1907-1917, Sargent: Portraits of Artists & Friends, Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks, Saving Places, Sergei Diaghilev, Shows Every Day, Shows For Days, Sinatra: An American Icon, Stettheimer Dollhouse, Steve Jobs, The Hirschfeld Century: The Art of Al Hirschfeld, The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride, The Weekly Standard, Tiffany & Co., UPS, Vasily Kandinsky, W. Graham Robertson, Walls of Color: The Murals of Hans Hofmann, Whistler in Paris, Whitney Museum of American Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960-1971 | 5 Comments

Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Wishbone Ash Rockpalast ’76 Edition)

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Let’s stipulate (as they say on Law & Order) that Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash was one helluva lead guitarist. Then let’s enjoy this Rockpalast Cologne gig in 1976 (especially Time Was and Blowin’ Free 59:40-1:14:18). Channeling Amazon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, Andy Powell, Blowin' Free, Error of My Ways, Handy, Jimi Hendrix, Law & Order, Rockpalast Cologne 1976, Time Was, Wishbone Ash | 2 Comments

Vin Scully Celebrations: Globe 1, Herald 0

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Vin Scully, the legendary 85-year-old broadcaster who has called Los Angeles Dodgers games for lo, these last 64 years, has just re-upped for 2014, and the Boston Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy paid tribute to him in Sunday’s edition. Vin Scully simply the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged best who ever lived, Bill Russell, Bobby Orr, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Dan Shaughnessy, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Jim Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ted Williams, Vin Scully, Winston Churchill | Leave a comment

Our ‘Beat The Press Party’ Bakeoff (Carr Stalled Out Edition)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardwatching staff is a little late to the Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight this week, but hey – we were distracted by Rafael Nadal’s epic dismantling of Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinal (and subsequent dispatching of David Ferrer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beat the Press, Boston Herald, Broons Broom, Chicago Blackhawks, David Ferrer, Denise J. Casper, French Open, Great Boston MediaWatch Dogfight, Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix, local hall monitors, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Novak Djokovic, Press Party, Rafael Nadal, Stanley Cup playoffs, US District Court, Wayne's World webcast, Western Conference Finals, WGBH | 3 Comments

NYT: Fender (Mind) Bender

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From the Sunday New York Times Business section: Aiming To Stay Plugged In Fender Is Juggling The Fickle Tastes of Musicians and Wall St. IN 1948, a radio repairman named Leo Fender took a piece of ash, bolted on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1970 Monterey Pop Festival, Bruce Springsteen, Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Fender Stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Kurt Cobain, New York Times, Pete Townshend | 1 Comment

DNC/Romney Slapfight

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

In response to Mitt Romney’s ridiculously misleading new TV spot attacking Barack Obama, on the American economy, the Democratic National Committee has posted this video on the web: The DNC video has generated 9,678 views as of post time, vs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Democratic National Committee, Jimi Hendrix, Mediaite, Mitt Romney, Rafael Nadal, Tommy hristopher | 1 Comment

Hey Guy, Where You Goin’ With That Mike In Your Hand?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz is a music enthusiast with a wide range of interests, which are reflected in the segments he does on his weekly NPR programs. Yesterday’s show included a story about the Monterey Jazz Festival … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Blog Supreme, Guy Raz, Huey Lewis and The News, Jimi Hendrix, Monterey Jazz Festival 1967, Monterey Jazz Festival 2011, Monterey Pop Festival 1967, NPR, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Wayback Machine, Weekend All Things Considered | Leave a comment

Acid Test (Owsley Stanley Obit Division)

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Owsley “Bear” Stanley, legendary LSDealer to the counterculture stars of the 1960s, died on Sunday at age 76. Depending on which obituary you read, Stanley “was a prolific LSD producer” or “made and supplied the LSD that fueled acid rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Beatles, Boston Globe, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Ken Kesey, LSD, LSDealer, New York Times, Owsley Stanley, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment