Don Sanders said farewell but not goodbye
Chronicle archives Don Sanders was a longtime regular on the Houston folk music scene when he decided at age 27 to try greener pastures in 1970. A short item on the leisure guide page in the Aug. 30,...
View ArticleKPFT stunned but not silenced
Photo courtesy of KPFT-FM KPFT staffers inspect the remains of the station’s transmitter after it was bombed. KFPT was bombed off the air twice in its first seven months of operations. In the quiet,...
View ArticleBrewster McCloud: Robert Altman’s flight of fantasy
MGM / Chronicle archives Bud Cort wears his flying machine while Robert Altman works out a scene inside the Astrodome in the 1970 movie Brewster McCloud. I saw Brewster McCloud 40 years ago this...
View ArticleRiffing on Bob
As you probably know by now, Bob Dylan turned 70 on May 24. If you haven't read enough, here's a bit more.
View ArticleJefferson Airplane lands at the Coliseum
KILT's Out of School Spectacular at the Sam Houston Coliseum with Jefferson Airplane on June 4, 1967, ushered in the Summer of Love in Houston. That week was a good time to be a rock music fan here.
View ArticleCelebrating life the hard way
It was called the Celebration of Life. But looking at news stories from 40 years ago, it didn't appear that there was a whole heck of a lot of celebrating going on.
View Article40 years ago: The Lizard King breaks on through to the other side
The headline in Rolling Stone magazine was very simple: JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON, POET: DEAD AT 27. If Jim Morrison had been around to read the headline, he probably would have approved of it. Morrison,...
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