The news this past week of Signe Anderson’s and Paul Kantner’s passing—both on January 28, 2016, both at the age of 74—got a lot of people thinking about Jefferson Airplane. Some were lucky enough to see them early when Anderson was the band’s singer, or during the Grace Slick years that followed, when the Airplane’s […]
Archives for January 2016
The ipi House presents TRPS Festival Of Rock Posters 2015 Video
A much appreciated “Thank you” to The ipi House for putting this video together! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did and look forward to seeing you in 2016. From The ipi House comes a virtual tour of the recent Festival of Rock Posters held on October 24, 2015 at the Hall […]
Trips Festival 1966 Documentary
Held on January 21-23, 1966 at Longshoremen’s Hall in San Francisco, the Trips Festival featured the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Loading Zone, and more.
Drawn in Stereo by Michael Gillette
I’m pretty late to Michael Gillette’s work, but recently a friend of my son’s gave me a copy of his latest book, Drawn in Stereo, so that oversight on my part has now been corrected. You will find a few rock posters in the 192-page hardback, but I really enjoyed Gillette’s rock-related illustrations, sketches, and […]
Formerly the Warlocks
On January 14, 1966, interrupting a three-night run at The Matrix in San Francisco, the Grateful Dead played a benefit for the San Francisco Mime Troupe at the Fillmore Auditorium, which was located on the same street on The Matrix but over the hill. As is clear from this poster for the event, Bill Graham […]
David Bowie, 1947 – 2016
May he rest in peace… Poster by Randy Tuten, 1972. Collection Museum of Modern Art.