Tag: Jack
Why They Didn’t Show: Why Some Great Acts Never Showed up at Woodstock, Man!
By: Jack Castillo If you care about rock music from around 1969 then you are likely aware of the greatest music festival that has ever set its gentile fingers of starvation on this earth…EVER! However, this music milestone ,that took place in Woodstock NY “Bob Dylan’s back yard”,was turned down by some amazing artists for […]
Kurt Cobain’s Death: 20 Years Later
By: One of many whom Kurt Cobain inspired named Jack Castillo April 8th, 1994 Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (sometimes referred to as Kurdt Kobain [mostly by himself]) was found dead in his home in Seattle, Washington. A self inflicted shotgun blast to the face claimed his life at age 27, inducing him into the 27 […]
The Swiss Chocolate Mountains
By: Jack Castillo I LOVE the Toblerone candy bar. The little triangles made of chocolate with the nougats inside. They are delicious. But when was this awesome released on to this earth? I will now tell you the history of the Toblerone (as said from their website and a few other sources)! To start off Jean Tobeler […]
How To Build A Guitar
By: Jack Castillo If you play guitar (or bass guitar but I play guitar so I’m saying guitar) sooner or later you may get bored with the guitars that are available for purchase or you may or maybe become dissatisfied with the paint jobs you can get on your guitar. There are several ways you […]
The Doors: A Biography of Jim Morrison
By Jack Castillo Jim Morrison is one of the most influential musicians of all time. His work with The Doors has made him an icon in the world of rock and roll. James Douglass Morrison was born in Melbourne, Florida on December 8th, 1943. In 1947 a then four-year-old Morrison (allegedly) witnessed a car crash […]