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Writer for @theguardian and @telegraph. Author of 'Wolfking', forthcoming biography of Papa John Phillips. Occasional ghostwriter. Producer for @stceciliaknows.

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Lithofayne Pridgon: Jimi Hendrix's original 'foxy lady'

Lithofayne Pridgon: Jimi Hendrix's original 'foxy lady'

Sam Cooke, Sly Stone and Little Willie fought for her attention. Jimi Hendrix loved her so much he wrote song…

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Judy Chicago on the Beatles: 'They represent things we have lost - hope and freedom'

Judy Chicago on the Beatles: 'They represent things we have lost - hope and freedom'

When American artist Judy Chicago accepted an invitation earlier this year from the Tate to paint a large-sca…

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Chris Campion meets the friends of John Phillips

Chris Campion meets the friends of John Phillips

In August 1977, John Phillips was supposed to be recording the album with Keith Richards that would mark his …

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Saturation 70: the Gram Parsons UFO film that never flew

Saturation 70: the Gram Parsons UFO film that never flew

Years before Star Wars, a maverick director led a crew into the desert to film a psychedelic science fiction …

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Trip of a lifetime: Roger Steffens and the Family Acid

Trip of a lifetime: Roger Steffens and the Family Acid

Roger Steffens has led a life that might seem almost unbelievable if he hadn't captured it all on film. An ac…

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Where is Rocky II? The 10-year desert hunt for Ed Ruscha's missing boulder

Where is Rocky II? The 10-year desert hunt for Ed Ruscha's missing boulder

At the end of the 1970s, artist Ed Ruscha left an artwork - a fake rock - somewhere in the vast Mojave desert…

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Hip-hop iconoclast Rammellzee's prolific art has long been obscured. That's starting to change

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By Chris Campion
| Yahoo Sports Canada Verified
In the early 1980s, New York artist Rammellzee made two trips to Los Angeles with his friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. The second, in March 1983, inspired Basquiat’s painting “Hollywood Africans,” which resides in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. It immortalizes himself and the artist Toxic with Rammellzee, who is wearing wraparound mirror shades like the Terminator.
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9th Ave: Kid Congo Powers with Penelope Houston

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By Kid Congo Powers, Chris Campion
| greenapplebooks.com
Join us on Friday, October 21 at 7pm PT when Kid Congo Powers joins us to celebrate the release of his memoir, Some New Kind of Kick, with Penelope Houston at 9th Ave! Masks and Proof of Vaccination Required for In-Person Attendance Or watch online by registering at the link in our bio https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0FYdMZdyTZ-DhMm8JCVoIg About Some New Kind of Kick An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young,...
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Next Week in Music | Oct. 17-23 • New Books

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By Kid Congo Powers, Chris Campion, Larry Tamblyn
| tinnitist.com
Kid Congo Powers, The Standells, Duane Allman and Paul Weller would make one helluvan interesting supergroup, doncha think? Too bad we’ll never hear them. But you can read about all of them next week — I’m halfway through Kid Congo’s memoir, and so far, so good — or take deep dives into The Who’s live legacy, Philadelphia jazz, Atlanta rap, global dance clubs and more.
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