To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the release of the Jefferson Airplane's psychedelic masterpiece Surrealistic Pillow, we are having a special edition of Melt Into A Dream this coming weekend.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love.
We both were born in 1967 and in terms of the musical world we inhabit it couldn't be a more critical year. 1966 was the grace year, Revolver, the MerryPranskters & the Acid Tests, the 1rst Airplane album: Takes Off, the evolving scene in the Haight at it's full flower. Late in 66, Grace Slick left the Great Society, joined the Jefferson Airplane, recorded Surrealistic Pillow with them, all of this within a few months. In February 1967 the album came out and the world woke up to what was going on in theHaight specifically and in the counterculture generally. (Painting with broad strokes here...)White Rabbit & Somebody to Love would forever become part of the cultural lexicon. Grace recently joked that she still gets nice royalty checks for White Rabbit.
To celebrate this and to kick off our year long celebration of the magic that was that pivotal year in the evolution of music, we offer up SteveSilberman's fantastic 2005 interview with Paul Kantner. It originally aired on KPFA in Berkeley, CA during David Gans's Dead To The World. We are indebted to David for providing these discs.
Celebrating the remastering of Blows Against The Empire, one of our favorite albums,Kanter sat down for a comprehensive conversation with noted journalist Steve Silberman. Interspersed with music, this is a great piece to begin with, as it also covers the life and times of the San Francisco scene, from the early 60's to the present.
Airs this Saturday, 2/24/07 at 9PM PST, immediately following the Grateful Dead Hour, hosted by David Gans.
We hope you'll tune in soon!
P.S.:This is the first in a series of broadcasts celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Summer of Love. Later in the year we'll look into Monterey Pop and the Summer itself: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and other 67 psychedelic masterpieces, a look inside the Haight Ashbury and the San Francisco sound.
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5 comments:
hey you cheap bastard, your older bro Daves remains will be intered at Lake Siskiyou on4/30/08, along w/Meek. Course a greedy yuppie bastard pig such as yourself could care less. Unlike you,I aint hiding.You know where to find me.
Wesley
ya fuk bob meme. he could care less about his family let alone hisself
robert tacker grew up at 365 el divisadero wc cali 94598 he aint special
paranoia runs rampant. thats why meme stays out of touch w/ his family
Oh Wow Man....Like Gerry is Dead. It's time to take a shower, get a hair cut, tune up the VW Bus and get a job. Peace out maaaaaaan!
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