While something no doubt unspeakable has happened to J (we don’t know either—tweet your most creative theories to us @Podwits!), Dion and Brian are talking music (and linguistic history, and The Walking Dead, but mostly music). The boys discuss Black Sabbath, the Doors, the joys of shows at small venues, and how they don’t always […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ray Manzarek’
It’s Rainin’ Dead!
Posted: 19th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Music, PodcastTags: Änglagård, Beacon Theater, Bill Ward, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Buddy Guy, Eddie Vedder, Eric Clapton, Geezer Butler, Genesis, Get Off My Lawn, Ian Asbury, IZZ, John Densmore, Jonathan Wild, Madison Square Garden, Madonna, Mellotron, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Manzarek, Ronnie James Dio, Rush, Scott M. Gimple, Stevie Wonder, Thank You Scientist, The Doors, The Musical Box, The Walking Dead, Toad's Place, Tony Iommi
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You Have to Know Your Audience
Posted: 25th May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: 321 Contact, Alfred Hitchcock, Bloodhound Gang, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jane Henson, Jeff Bridges, Jim Henson, Jose Ferrer, Joss Whedon, Looney Toons, Men in Black, Michael Bay, Miguel Ferrer, R.I.P.D, Ray Manzarek, Rosemary Clooney, Ryan Reynolds, Space Jam, Star Trek, The Doors, The Muppets, The Wilhelm Scream, Transformers
What is a Podwit to do in this crazy, maddening, evolving (for better or for worse) world?! Do the classics in film (or any art for that matter) age like a fine wine or do they deserve to be torn down and placed against what is now called a “classic” by today’s critics? Also, do franchises suffer or […]
Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of the Iconic Group The Doors, Dies in Germany at Age 74
Posted: 21st May 2013 by Dion in Music, News, ObituariesTags: An American Prayer, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors
Ray Manzarek, the outspoken founding member of the Doors, has died in Germany at the age of 74, after battling bile duct cancer. His keyboard playing became the defining sound for the legendary and groundbreaking rock ‘n’ roll group, a band who came to represent the counter-culture, the darker side of the 1960’s, the yin to the yang of the flower-power […]
Revealing the Identity of “The Phantom” in One of the Most Notorious After-Death Jim Morrison Conspiracies
Posted: 25th April 2012 by Dion in History, Music, Music ReviewTags: Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Phantom, The Phantom's Divine Comedy Part 1
It was back in 1997 in the now-defunct “Record Explosion”, a record store chain in New York City that had a large amount of hard to find music and bootleg material, that I first came across one of the weirdest albums of the 1970’s: Phantom’s Divine Comedy, Part 1. This album may ring a bell for […]