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  • Yoko Ono Pt 2
    Welcome back to Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon Part Two - The Conclusion!   As promised 7 days ago in the waning minutes of last week's podcast, we pick up where we left off in the Continuing Story of Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon, artist, performer, thinker, changer of the world!   Much of this episode covers Yoko Ono's 5 years in London between 1966 and 1971 including her invitation to appear at the Destruction In Art Symposium in London in September 1966 and her return engagement at the behest of Paul McCartney's beloved hippie bookstore turned art space Indica Gallery.   In this episode we retrace Yoko Ono's steps towards Beatle John Lennon and the torrid affair that ensued during the making of Sgt. Pepper and the aptly named Summer Of Love that followed its release in 1967.   Experience the shocking and untimely death of Beatle manager Brian Epstein at the age of 32 while The Beatles were just two days into a 10 day spiritual retreat with the Maharishi in Bangor, Wales at the suggestion of Pattie Boyd, George Harrison's wife at the time.   Follow John, Paul, George & Ringo in the early days of 1968 as they bunk down with the Maharishi in Rishikesh, India for two months of mantras, meditation and fun in the sun!   Come join the Sunshine Superman himself, Donovan, along with four Beatles, two Beach Boys and a Mia Farrow...   All this and MORE in the concluding episode of Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon, brought to you by the good folks at team Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024....   OPENING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/approximately-infinite-universe-feat-blow-up/1629494535?i=1629495274 "Approximately Infinite Universe (featuring Blow Up)" from Yoko Ono's 2016 Yes, I'm A Witch Too collaboration/re-mix album. Original track taken from the 1973 Yoko Ono Apple records double album of the same name.   CLOSING TRACK: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dogtown-feat-sean-ono-lennon/1629494535?i=1629495027 "Dogtown" collaboration with son Sean Ono Lennon from Yoko Ono's 2016 Yes, I'm A Witch Too collaboration/re-mix album. The original track first appeared in acoustic demo form as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Yoko Ono's 1973 feminist rock Apple records double album Approximately Infinite Universe   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
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  • Yoko Ono: 21st Century Icon
    Join us this week as we unravel the enigma that is Yoko Ono, mid 20th Century pioneer of the Avant Garde, darling of the early 60s New York underground, admired by the Guggenheims, Marcel Duchamp and associate to John Cage.   In this, part one of two, we explore Yoko Ono's earliest beginnings from her birth in 1933 to her wealthy international banker father and the family's long ties to ancient Samurai Warrior-scholars.    Having survived the fire bombing of Tokyo during World War Two, a direct attack on innocent civilians killing over 100,000 people and displacing another million rendering them instantly homeless, the Ono's scoured the countryside staving off starvation looking for food, begging, bartering and carrying all of their remaining earthly belongings in a wheelbarrow.    All of this AND MORE!   In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024.   OPENING TRACK: "Sisters, O Sisters", https://music.apple.com/ca/album/sisters-o-sisters/1440858026?i=1440858350 the Yoko Ono penned original from the 1972 John & Yoko album Some Time In New York City, their fourth collaborative studio album and second live album. Released in the Summer of 1972 at the height of the 1972 US Presidential Election Campaign, the album was intended to polarize the vote in order to oust sitting President Richard Nixon from office and put an end to the war in Vietnam   CLOSING TRACK: "Why" (Extended Version edit) https://music.apple.com/ca/album/why-extended-version-bonus-track/1149642244?i=1149642288 bonus track from Yoko Ono's 1970 debut solo album Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band. Backing Ono on the album is power trio Ringo Starr on drums, Klaus Voormann on bass and John Lennon on guitar   Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.
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  • David Bowie's Reclamation
    In the summer of 1971, a long haired 24 year old hippie folk singer songwriter by the name David Bowie played the very first Glastonbury Music Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, England. On the 30th anniversary of the storied annual summer music festival Bowie returned, and in doing so, reclaimed a legacy long tarnished by two decades of crass commercialism, hollow success and artistic bankruptcy. Join us as we revisit the final days of an aging, reclusive David Bowie, anxious to shift the narrative from his elderly appearance onto his 26th and final studio album, Blackstar, released on the occasion of his 69th birthday, just two days prior to his death. Explore the reclamation of David Bowie's artistic integrity through his triumphant performance at Glastonbury 2000 as well as the early history of his 70's Glam Rock co-conspirator Marc Bolan, the iconography of Rock N Roll and so much more! The following questions answered: What did Ringo Starr say when asked if he was a Mod or a Rocker? What happy accident resulted in the creation of one of the most pivotal Beatles' album covers? Who was on the very first cover of Rolling Stone magazine, first published in the shadow of the Summer of Love, November 9, 1967? At the very peak of their productivity, which act wrote and recorded four studio albums of original material, circumvented the globe performing two world tours and starred in two feature films all in the span of just 24 months?  What is the sound of a Donovan photograph? How 60's British folk music duo Tyrannosaurus Rex transformed into 70s Glam superstars T.Rex and the longest album title in the history of rock n roll... Oasis or Blur? You tell us! All of this AND MORE in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024. OPENING TRACK: On March 2, 1973 T.Rex released the Marc Bolan penned stand alone singe "20th Century Boy" which peaked at number 3 on the UK singles chart. 30 years later Brit Pop superstars Placebo released their cover of the song on their aptly title Covers album from 2003 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/20th-century-boy/961069038?i=961069094 CLOSING TRACK: Opening title track from Bowie's final album Blackstar, released January 8, 2016 on his final living birthday https://music.apple.com/ca/album/1676286487?i=1676286495 Producer's Note: This episode was originally recorded in chronological order immediately following the release of our "Rock N Roll Movies" episode which first aired Sunday, April 20, 2025. Numerous references throughout this podcast to "last week's episode" refer to that episode. We apologize for any confusion.  Want on our mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.  
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  • Brian Wilson Ep.4: Pet Sounds To Smile
    Happy Summer 2025 Rock N Roll Fashionistas! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Join us for the exciting conclusion of our Four Part expose on the life and times of the late Brian Wilson (still feels weird, "the late" part) In this ridiculously informative episode we reveal: Why Brian relinquished the role of primary bass player for Pet Sounds in favor of newly inducted Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame session bassist Carol Kaye How Brain came to create his masterpiece Pet Sounds with hired hand jingle lyric writer and advertising copywriter Tony Asher The origins of the hip, cool Laurel Canyon music scene, the spiritual nexus to 1960s intelligentsia tucked high in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California Which Beach Boy forbid the use of the chorus "Hold Onto Your Ego" on Pet Sounds, fearing the song was about him? That time the record executives told Brian Wilson, "You can't use the word GOD in the title of a pop song!" How Brian Wilson influenced the Beatles who influenced Brian Wilson who influenced the Beatles who influenced Brian Wilson.  The Beach Boys to Rubber Soul to Pet Sounds to Smile to Sgt. Pepper How it all went wrong for Brian Wilson, culminating in the non release of the most legendary unreleased album in the history of pop music Detailing that turbulent time in the life of Brian Wilson in the mid 1960s before he spent a decade in bed in the 1970s "Lay in a bed, just like Brian Wilson did" - Barenaked Ladies How the very final Beach Boys album That's Why God Made The Radio, on the occasion of the band's 50th anniversary in 2012, paved the way for Brian's triumphant return with his final album of pop music No Pier Pressure in 2015 Legendary Beatles producer the late Sir George Martin & Ludwig van Beethoven, what do they have in common besides music? The tragic last days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his Requiem Mass unfinished and his estate in tatters... All of this and MORE!  In the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock, 2024. OPENING TRACKS: Our Prayer from the Beach Boys Smile Sessions album recorded September 19, 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/our-prayer/720113626?i=720113663  Let's Go Away For Awhile composed by Brian Wilson for the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/lets-go-away-for-awhile/1440841241?i=1440841254 I Just Wasn't Made For These Time from the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Tony Asher https://music.apple.com/ca/album/i-just-wasnt-made-for-these-times/1440841241?i=1440841263 CLOSING TRACK: God Only Knows from the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album released May 16, 1966 with music by Brian Wilson and lyrics by Tony Asher https://music.apple.com/ca/album/god-only-knows/1440841241?i=1440841258   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended academically and does not serve as a substitute for the original.    
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  • Brian Wilson Part 2
    The celebrations continue in the latest installment of Brian Wilson Endless Summer 2025! #BrianWilsonEndlessSummer2025 Join us as we retrace Brian Wilson's initial steps towards genius upon first hearing The Four Freshmen at age 10 in 1952 In this episode Brian Wilson claims his rightful place alongside the likes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin in the pantheon of the Most Important Composers Of The 20th Century! And you'll find out why! With stops along the way through post World War Two era cool with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie inventing Bebop with "Salt Peanuts"  Join us as we explore the holy rock n roll trifecta that is Elvis, The Beach Boys and The Beatles The death of The King, John Lennon AND SO MUCH MORE! and... E.G.O.T.s (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) too! ...all this and more in the latest episode of Rock N Roll Fashionistas, contextualizing rock n roll since Woodstock 2024   *OPENING TRACK: "It's A Blue World" 1952 Top 40 single from The Four Freshmen peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Top 100, their first single to ever chart. Included on their 1952 debut album Voices In Modern, this album left a game changing, legacy building impression on a young Brian Wilson who heard it for the first time at the age of 10 https://music.apple.com/ca/album/its-a-blue-world/1442732079?i=1442732727 *CLOSING TRACK: The GREAT! The ONE! The ONLY! One of the finest contemporary composers of the modern era, Gillian Welch and her spellbinding "Elvis Presley Blues" taken from her brilliant 2001 album Time (The Revelator), one of the finest of this century yet! https://music.apple.com/ca/album/elvis-presley-blues/79765126?i=79765084   Want on the mailing list? Only one weekly update email, we promise! Wanna leave a comment? Need to contact us? Visit the show's website at www.rocknrollfashionistas.com   *Please Note: Audio portions of this podcast have been reproduced under the fair use doctrine. This use is intended to be transformative, adding perspective to the original work, serving an educational purpose rather than commercial gain. This use is intended for an academic audience and does not serve as a substitute for the original    
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