Electric Plug or Eclectric Crud?

Published: November 23 2009ByKatherine York
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We’ll never really know why people were booing during Bob Dylan’s performance at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday evening July 25th, 1965. While there have been differing opinions as to whether the dissatisfaction was being bellowed at discombobulated announcer Peter Yarrow, or the crappy sound system, the prevailing thought (or urban myth) is that the [...]

Seven Score and Six Years Ago…

Published: November 19 2009ByPeter Oberg
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“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.” On this date in 1863, President Lincoln made his famous address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg. To commemorate the occasion with a playlist, I started by considering battle hymns [...]

Touring the Vault with Katherine Featuring Joe Sia and John Lennon

Published: November 9 2009ByKatherine York
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Welcome to my new video blog series I call Touring the Vault in which I’ll take you on brief tours through the archive of Wolfgang’s Vault and give you a glimpse into our processes of learning and discovery. We’ll dig deep into the vast array of poster art, both inventoried and the as-yet-unearthed and tell you [...]

Between a Heart and a Hard Place

Published: November 4 2009ByKatherine York
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Husky, dusky, powerful, great voice, great guitar playin’, great camaraderie and I don’t have my flip video camera cause at the last minute I wimped out.  Got scared at the very end like the first time I skipped school.  Didn’t even skip my first class until I was a sophomore in HS…  I didn’t even [...]

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