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A couple weeks ago I read a book about leadership. (No, it’s not the one in the picture.) It included some on-line content that involved a survey. The idea was to take the survey and evaluate your ‘style’ and approach to leadership, highlight your strengths and your weaknesses. Part two [...]
So it's All About Rorschach in this chapter, with a series of illuminating, disturbing, depressing, graphic, and horrifying sessions with the prison-appointed psychiatrist. They talk about Rorchach's childhood -- little Walter Kovacs, slow-ish bully magnet with a whore for a mother -- and his more-incremental-than-we-thought evolution into Rorschach. The shrink serves as a surrogate for anyone
Touareg desert rockers Tinariwen look set to consolidate their position as the UK's favourite African band with the release of their first Live DVD, 'Live In London' ...
USA - Five-time Grammy-winning blues legend Buddy Guy has been singing the praises of Shure microphones, particularly the UHF-R wireless system."Without Shure...I don't know," he says. ...
Who knows where these live tracks were done, or when? If the sound wasn't so bad, they'd rate with his better concert efforts. It also includes latter-day Little Walter sides which are less inspired. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide Listen to Otis on his cover of James Brown's "I Feel Good" and although the vocal line sounds similar, he and his guitar have made it his own song. Even without the Godfather's...
When the oldest continuously running blues society in the world says you're the "real deal", that has to mean something. When blues forums toss your name around with the likes of harmonica masters like Little Walter and Sonny Boy...that has to mean something. Of course, there will always be skeptics; but to the blues fans of the northeast Unites States, there is no doubt that at just 26 years old,...
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of legendary blues man Howlin' Wolf, one of the great exponents (along with Muddy Waters, Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson) of the electrified Chicago blues sound. One of the most commercially and financially successful blues musicians of his day, Howlin' Wolf was a giant of the 50's blues scene, both artistically and physically (the man measured...
Original sessions produced by Monroe Passis, Fred Mendelsohn and Joe Brown. 13 orig. Parkway, Regal, Herald & J.O.B. recording 1943-66 Recorded between January 1950 and October 1951 in Chicago, Illinois for the Parkway, J.O.B. and Regal labels. Personnel: Little Walter (harmonica, vocals, guitar), Muddy Waters (guitar), Jimmy Rogers (guitar), Robert Jr. Lockwood (guitar), J.B. Lenoir (guitar, vocals),...
This is part of Chess Records' 50 Anniversary series. Few would dispute that this collection is the Holy Grail of blues harmonica. Likethe other entries in Chess Records' HIS BEST series, the Little Walter compilationis beautifully selected, sequenced, remastered, and packaged. At 20 tracks, HISBEST gives a satisfying, economical summary of Walter's genius, and defendshis title as the king of blues...
When the oldest continuously running blues society in the world says you're the "real deal", that has to mean something. When blues forums toss your name around with the likes of harmonica masters like Little Walter and Sonny Boy...that has to mean something. Of course, there will always be skeptics; but to the blues fans of the northeast Unites States, there is no doubt that at just 26 years old,...
With beatific bemusement, Marshall Chess says that he never set out to be a music legend: "It's amazing. Chess Records, then The Rolling Stones, then the birth of hip-hop... I didn't go after one of those things. They just happened."
So says my friend Andrew Morse, who covers Japanese companies for the Wall Street Journal. Morse gave me an awesome tour of Tokyo, including a series of small bars in districts tourists rarely find. The bars seat nine or 10...
Oh my goodness. I was all set to write a glowing review of Cranford (the new Masterpiece miniseries that began airing last night), because I liked it - I really, really liked it. Everything about it was just to my...
BIRTHSTONE –– Emerald : Success in Love FLOWER –– Lily of the Valley COLORS –– Yellow and Red Your birthday today: You are strong-willed, energetic, impulsive, a good planner with a fine executive ability. You are blessed with a vivid personality. You love intensely. In love, your path has its ups and downs, but you will find a great happiness. Arthur H. Zimmerman may have already found that great...