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A TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX
Rainbow Bridge, My Summer of Love I still recall the very first time I ever saw Jimi Hendrix. It was at the Newport Pop Festival at Devonshire Downs in Northridge, California, not more than a few miles from my home. It was June 20, 1969, just before I ran away from home. I will never forget that concert. It was a huge three-day event with two stages, the first of its kind to be held in Los Angeles. I was behind the fence because I couldn’t afford the ticket price, since my parents wouldn’t give me the $7 entrance fee required to get in. I found myself outside the fence, just behind the stage, with all these Hells Angels and L.A. street racers who were providing security for t The cops were out in force with their billy clubs and riot gear. As soon as Jimi started playing, they all lined up and started coming at us in their attack formation, pushing us like animals. We all ran in separate directions, and rocks and bottles went flying through the air in the middle of the intersection of Devonshire Boulevard and Zelzah.
By Scott Adlai Stevenson5 years ago in Beat
"This Strategy Worked, It Got Their Attention" - Tiwa Savage Reveals HOW She Made It In Nigeria.
Who better to learn from than the queen of Nigerian music herself. Tiwa Savage has been doing a lot of press to celebrate and promote the release of her brand new studio album, Celia. Throughout this rollout she has granted many interviews, revealed never been information about herself and has generally been very open and honest about her life and her music, moreso than she’s ever been.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Beat
NKOTB THEN & NOW
Flashback 1989...I am sitting on my bedroom floor, braces and a bad perm flipping through American teen magazines while "Step by step....ooh baby...gonna get to you girl" blares from the stereo. As an Aussie teen, dreamed of one day meeting her favorite boy band from Boston, USA - New Kids on the Block.
By Nicole Gibson5 years ago in Beat
DJ Cuppy Replies Twitter User Who Said She's Getting Uglier and Fatter
What a response! Okay, me and my friend were co-incidentally talking about the topic of weight earlier this morning. Why is it that as a people, especially as Nigerians, we’re always very quick to call out and criticize people for putting on weight, while at the same time giving them fatty foods like puff puff and meatpie in parties, and if they refuse to eat it, we’ll still be the ones to say “Ah ah, why you no dey chop?”
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Beat
Backstreet's Back Alright!
I was 8 years old when I saw him singing on the tv. In my head, he looked like an angel and sang like one too. His smile was one you could not ignore and his eyes were piercing blue, and still are, and that’s to show how close to the screen I was.
By Julia Alfred5 years ago in Beat
Celebrity Crush – Elton John
It has been 50 years since that fateful day in my family living room when I first heard Elton John’s “Your Song”. Sitting in that brown Naugahyde recliner, I glanced at the “hi-fi” with wonder and awe, attempting to finish my sixth-grade homework. Who was this, and why was he so captivating? In a “Music in Review” documentary I viewed recently, a reviewer noted how “Your Song” was a “breath of fresh air” against all the other pop songs of the day, with Elton using a combination of sharps and flats that no one else at the time attempted. He described Elton as a “genre in himself”. The Beatles had broken up earlier that year, and the world … and I … were ready for the next musical genius. That’s the technical explanation, the left brain one. My right brain told this 11-year-old girl, “Oh, god, you must learn more about this man. He’s different. He made you stop and listen. He makes your heart go pitter-patter! He’s a musical magician.”
By Paula Chapman5 years ago in Beat
