Exodus Film Poster Today would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday. To celebrate the Marley camp is planning a year of events, releases and re-releases. Probably a re-re-re-release of The Legend is somewhere in the mix. Tonight there is live concert stream, Redemption Live, from Jamaica. For …
Special Edition David Lozeau Art Stratocaster One of Fender’s most eye-catching new editions is the Special Edition David Lozeau Art Stratocaster 2015. A celebrated SoCal artist David Lozeau has created a unique world of Day of the Dead characters passed through a lens of Lowbrow absurdity. Not …
Long live The Joe Strummer Foundation.
We’ve featured swag from Strummerville in the past. It was the name of the foundation created in the wake of the Punk Rock Warlord’s death 11 years ago. A fine legacy of an artist who championed the little guy through riffs and rage all his life.
This past December 22, on the 11 anniversary of Joe’s death, the peeps behind the foundation announced that the name was changing from Strummerville to The Joe Strummer Foundation. So if you’ve got any merch with the old name, good on ya. But don’t put it on eBay unless you plan on kicking back the profits to the foundation. Don’t want karma to get all white riot on your ass. On the rebaptised website the reason for the change is described as legal. The new name will enable the foundation to pursue objectives with fewer obstacles. You can get the full story here. Continue reading The end of Strummerville
Ludwig Vistalite Amber ‘Zep Kit’ Truth be told, if the Ludwig Vistalite Drum Kit featured at NAMM 15 didn’t come from, well, Ludwig. And if it didn’t have a historical endorsement from Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham, we’d be tempted to write the amber acrylic 5-piece off. …
Art Kane’s The Who Throughout his career Art Kane created some of the most epic imagery in rock ‘n’ roll. His subjects include Dylan, the Stones, and the Doors. But Kane was more than a rock ‘n’ roll photographer. And Art Kane is more than …