"I Was Having The Time Of My Life" How A Storm At Sea Changed John Lennon's Life
As the Megan Jaye sailed into St. George’s Harbour in Hamilton, Bermuda, one of the passengers scrawled in the guest log, "Dear Megan, There’s no place like nowhere."
The forty-three-foot Hinckley centerboard sloop, lovingly named Megan Jaye after her owner’s daughter, had safely arrived after a seven-day journey from Newport, Rhode Island, with precious cargo. The dedication continued with a fond thank you to the yacht’s captain, Hank Halsted, complete with the writer’s trademark caricature self-portrait and a sketch of the Megan Jaye sailing into the sunset. It was signed “love, John Lennon."
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 02 @ 05:30:00 EDT (107 reads)
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What Happened To?: DYING ONE DRINK AT A TIME
Many of you have read this article here before, possibly several times. I could apologize for repeating it but I won’t because I truly believe the message this article delivers is much too important to be swept away into an archive and be forgotten.
I honestly believe – as a parent and grandparent myself – it remains one of the most important articles this web site has ever published. If you have children or grandchildren, this is a story you MUST read, and more to the point, if you are a teenager or young adult, this story is speaking directly to YOU.
A LETTER FROM THE GRAVE
I have been in love with rock & roll music my entire life. Many times, music has been a safe haven for me in times of trouble.
However, I am not naďve. I know – and so do you – the life of a rock musician is not a fairy tale filled with only the best in life. The reality is drug and alcohol abuse has taken far too many musicians from us, and in too many instances, at a far too early age.
This letter from a musician who was an idol for millions of teenage fans is one of the most heart-wrenching I have ever read. It is a stark reminder of the perils teenagers faced then and still do today. It proves you don’t have to be a rock and roll star to start down a highway that has no exit.
It is graphic and brutal. It is honest, and for that, we should all be grateful for one very brave man who realized far too late how precious life really is. I urge you to read it. I urge you to have those you love read it.
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 02 @ 05:15:00 EDT (219 reads)
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What Happened To?: A LETTER FROM DAD
A Father's Poison Pen Letter
There are plenty of ways a parent can turn their children against them. Some of them can be innocent mistakes. Some can be 'tough love' attempts.
And some can be a simple case of a father who doesn't have a clue what love means. Put Murry Wilson in that group.
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 02 @ 05:50:00 EDT (211 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD
When The Voices Took OverMusic, Madness and Murder
Rock and roll excess is nothing new. Stars throw away their careers in a haze of drugs and booze all too often. But very few ever took their collapse to the depths Jim Gordon did.
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 02 @ 05:40:00 EDT (215 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE AMERICAN TRAGEDY THAT TIME FORGOT
Death Comes To Mississippi The Jackson State Murders
May 14-15, 1970
It was one of the most colossal blunders in Mississippi law enforcement history. Two young men killed, twelve more wounded. A farce of an investigation and trial following the tragedy. All in the name of squashing people's rights to be free and equal citizens of this country.
Posted by Ray on Tuesday, May 14 @ 05:55:00 EDT (232 reads)
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What Happened To?: WE OWE IT TO THEM TO REMEMBER
Those who cannot remember the past Are condemned to repeat it George Santayana
"You know, you see these bums, you know, blowin' up the campuses. Listen, the boys that are on the college campuses today are the luckiest people in the world, going to the greatest universities, and here they are, burnin' up the books, I mean, stormin' around about this issue, I mean, you name it - get rid of the war, there'll be another one." Richard Nixon, New York Times, May 2, 1970
People may wonder if I have grown tired of posting this article every year on this date. The simple answer is this … I can't ignore it and neither should you. It was and remains one of our nation's darkest days, so no, I am no more tired of posting it than those four young students are tired of resting in their graves.
Posted by Ray on Friday, May 03 @ 17:30:00 EDT (438 reads)
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What Happened To?: QUEEN SINGER'S GRAVESITE?
Is Freddie Mercury Buried Here?
If you have ever wanted to visit the grave of Freddie Mercury, now you can. Maybe. We think.
Queen fans are speculating that a cemetery in West London could be the final resting place of the late singer.
Posted by Ray on Tuesday, February 26 @ 16:30:00 EST (275 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE STATION FIRE ... 10 YEARS LATER
Remembering A Tragedy They're Still Waiting For An Apology
February 20th marks the 10th anniversary of The Station nightclub fire in which a hundred hard rock enthusiasts perished when pyrotechnics during a Great White concert set the Rhode Island club ablaze.
Posted by Ray on Wednesday, February 20 @ 04:30:00 EST (375 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE MANY FACES OF BOB DYLAN
Did Zimmerman Ever Exist?
They’re giving out flyers outside of Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. They are a communion, they say.
“A communion of what?” a passerby asks.
“Of Bob Dylan.”
Posted by Ray on Tuesday, November 20 @ 04:00:00 EST (556 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE PARTNERSHIP FIZZLED
Lennon and McGovern The Grand Scheme Was Doomed
George McGovern's 1972 campaign against Nixon changed many lives, including John Lennon's. Lennon had moved to New York City in 1971, and it was his support for McGovern – who died October 21 at age 90 – that led the Nixon administration to try to deport the ex-Beatle.
Posted by Ray on Thursday, November 01 @ 05:00:00 EDT (271 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE CLUB WITH NO LIVING MEMBERS
Between 1969-1971, the world lost four unrivaled musicians when Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix all died at the age of 27. This coincidental phenomenon generated the name 27 Club, which chronicles the untimely death of musicians like Kurt Cobain and Robert Johnson who died at the apex of their careers.
Posted by Ray on Tuesday, July 03 @ 05:45:00 EDT (273 reads)
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What Happened To?: A LEGEND WENT INSANE
When The Voices Took OverMusic, Madness and Murder
Rock and roll excess is nothing new. Stars throw away their careers in a haze of drugs and booze all too often. But very few ever took their collapse to the depths Jim Gordon did.
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 03 @ 05:45:00 EDT (316 reads)
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What Happened To?: CLUELESS OR JUST A HEARTLESS BASTARD?
A Father's Poison Pen Letter
There are plenty of ways a parent can turn their children against them. Some of them can be innocent mistakes. Some can be 'tough love' attempts.
And some can be a simple case of a father who doesn't have a clue what love means. Put Murry Wilson in that group.
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 03 @ 05:40:00 EDT (500 reads)
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What Happened To?: "YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE"
"I Was Having The Time Of My Life" How A Storm At Sea Changed John Lennon's Life
As the Megan Jaye sailed into St. George’s Harbour in Hamilton, Bermuda, one of the passengers scrawled in the guest log, "Dear Megan, There’s no place like nowhere."
Posted by Ray on Sunday, June 03 @ 05:35:00 EDT (632 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE HOLLY-VALENS-BIG BOPPER MEDLEY
A Medley To Remind You
Today is the 53rd anniversary of "the day the music died." A plane carrying Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens crashed in Iowa breaking the hearts of countless teenagers and changing the course of rock & roll history forever.
From the distance created by time, we can discover the heritage of that extraordinary era is more than just the million-sellers everyone remembers. Yet we realize the spirit of the old music, brash and yet innocent in the same breath, was a symbol of an era waiting to bust loose from their constraints.
Inside you will find a medley; not just any medley but a 34-minute non-stop reminder of what was and a hint of what might have been.
Posted by Ray on Friday, February 03 @ 05:00:00 EST (610 reads)
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What Happened To?: BIZARRE ... AND HARD TO IGNORE
THE BUDDY HOLLY CURSE
"The Curse" started with Holly's death and continues to this very day. It seems the music didn't actually die on February 3, 1959. It couldn't have because so many people connected in even the smallest way with Buddy Holly – musicians, producers and screenwriters – continued to pass away, some of them in the most bizarre and tragic fashion.
Posted by Ray on Friday, February 03 @ 04:30:00 EST (896 reads)
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What Happened To?: "THAT'LL BE THE DAY WHEN I DIE"
The Winter Dance Party was a tour designed to cover 24 Midwestern cities in three weeks. A logistical nightmare from the start was the amount of travel, as the distance between venues was not a priority when scheduling each performance. For example, the tour would start at venue A, travel two hundred miles to venue B, and travel back one hundred seventy miles to venue C, which was only thirty miles from venue A.
The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa was never intended to be a stop on the tour, but promoters, hoping to fill an open date, called the manager of the ballroom and offered him the show. He accepted and the date of the show was set for February 2.
Posted by Ray on Thursday, February 02 @ 05:00:00 EST (1033 reads)
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What Happened To?: "HOW CAN THIS BE?"
The Day A President Met A King It Was 41 Years Ago Today
The image looks like a computer-generated joke, or maybe a snapshot from some parallel universe where the dead icons of the 20th century hang out together—even Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon.
But the picture is genuine, an official White House photograph of a bizarre encounter that occurred in this universe, in the Oval Office on December 21, 1970.
Posted by Ray on Wednesday, December 21 @ 05:00:00 EST (256 reads)
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What Happened To?: THE STRANGE TALE OF THE GRAPEVINE
He Hit #1 On This Date But It Almost Never Happened
Although there are many who consider I Heard It Through The Grapevine to be the greatest single Motown ever produced, the song’s success didn’t come easy. In fact, after first hearing it, label founder Berry Gordy thought the song was unsuitable for release and encouraged the tune’s writers to come up with something stronger.
Posted by Ray on Wednesday, December 14 @ 05:00:00 EST (682 reads)
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What Happened To?: RECORDED 44 YEARS AGO TODAY
We're all familiar with Abbey Road, the studio in which The Beatles recorded their music. We all know about Graceland, Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, and The Dakota, where John Lennon was murdered.
Most of us know Jim Morrison is buried in Paris. Almost everyone knows about the Jefferson Airplane mansion at 2400 Fulton Street and the Grateful Dead house at 710 Ashbury Street.
But where is Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay? As we approach the 44th anniversary of Redding's death, the answer can be found inside.
Warning: Graphic Death Photo Inside
Posted by Ray on Wednesday, December 07 @ 04:45:00 EST (1159 reads)
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"I Was Having The Time Of My Life"
A LETTER FROM THE GRAVE
A Father's Poison Pen Letter
When The Voices Took Over
Music, Madness and Murder
Death Comes To Mississippi
Is Freddie Mercury Buried Here?
Remembering A Tragedy
Did Zimmerman Ever Exist?
Lennon and McGovern
A Medley To Remind You
THE BUDDY HOLLY CURSE
The Day A President Met A King
He Hit #1 On This Date
