by Brian Arsenault (Done as a letter to my college roommate.) Dear Flashman, You remember in 1967 when we were living in that basement room and the two lunatics in the room above us had those three foot high speakers so hip at the time and they played only two songs? The one they played… Read More CD Review: Vanilla Fudge “Spirit of ’67”
By Brian Arsenault Hungarian Rhapsody Melody (The Poster Boy) If Poster Boy is the new “poster boy” for continental rock out of Europe, there may be hope. Only once on its CD Melody does the band succumb to the Eurocrap of weird little electronic sounds and then only mildly on “Traction.” The rest of the… Read More Short Takes: On Hungary Saving European Rock, a Finn in Berlin Out to Lynch, and A Well Suited Guitar Gem
Jimi Hendrix South Saturn Delta (Sony Legacy) By Brian Arsenault In the fall of 1967, Cassidy and I walked to the old Armory across from campus to see Jimi Hendrix play an afternoon gig. We were early to get in line for great seats. We had been Experienced. Hendrix in the afternoon. Strange. But no… Read More CD Review: Jimi Hendrix “South Saturn Delta”
The International Review of Music 