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DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

June 16, 2019 By David Sharpe Leave a Comment

I believe this was my first paying gig. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince were making in-store appearances promoting their new album, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. I was in school at the University of Louisville and working at the Photographic Archives. If I remember correctly, the manager at NRM Records on Dixie […] Read More

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Filed Under: Blog, Celebrities, Music, Photography Tagged With: Flickr

Jazz Profiles: Coltrane on Coltrane – Don DeMichael

August 21, 2018 By David Sharpe

© –  Steven A. Cerra – copyright protected; all rights reserved. “The first occasion I had to speak with John Coltrane at length was during his recent engagement at the Sutherland hotel [Sutherland Jazz Lounge, Chicago, IL]. In our initial conversation I was struck by his lack of pretentiousness or false pride. The honesty with […] Read More

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: John Coltrane, via bookmarklet

THE THE – We Can’t Stop What’s Coming – from the film The Inertia Variations – YouTube

July 23, 2017 By David Sharpe Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: The The

How Tommy Stinson Moved On From Replacements and GN’R – Rolling Stone

July 23, 2017 By David Sharpe Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: The Replacements, Tommy Stinson

“That’s peanut butter.”

September 17, 2016 By David Sharpe Leave a Comment

Iggy and the Stooges at the Cincinnati Pop Festival, 1970.   Where Punk Rock Begins Every fan of the Stooges points to a different moment to prove that the band invented punk rock, or at least bodied it first, gave it flesh. For me, that moment is a couple minutes of wobbly television footage shot […] Read More

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Iggy and the Stogges, Iggy Pop

“Songs that could teeter into self-pity” This happened. I was there.

August 6, 2016 By David Sharpe Leave a Comment

30 years ago today I saw The Smiths in New York City. ROCK CONCERT: THE SMITHS MORRISSEY, the singer and lyricist of the Smiths, is one of rock’s most articulate tortured souls – and judging by the sellout audience Wednesday at Pier 84, who sang along on most verses and choruses, a much-beloved cult figure. Read More

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Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Embedly, New York Times, The Smiths

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