Star Trek: Exploring New Worlds at the EMP Museum

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. To celebrate 50 years of Star Trek (created by Gene Roddenberry, the original TV series first aired from 1966-1969) lets join Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) aboard the USS Enterprise in the 23rd century to boldly go where no man has gone…

R.I.P. Kurt Cobain

 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana died in Seattle, Washington on April 5th, 1994 Just 27 years of age Rest In Peace Kurt Your music lives on forever…  From The Way of the Dragon to Nevermind Nirvana Live: 20th Anniversary Concert at the EMP Nirvana: Live at the Paramount Kurt Cobain’s Aberdeen A Day of Grunge, Rock, Sci-Fi…

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount

24th September, 2011   On this day 20 years ago Nirvana released their second studio album Nevermind. I have discussed this album and the 20th Anniversary Tribute Concert at the EMP Museum in previous posts, and can never say enough about how good an album it is. I still listen to it regularly and it really has stood the test…

Nevermind Live: 20th Anniversary Concert at the EMP in tribute of Nirvana

September 20th, 2011 Nevermind Live The Experience Music Project (EMP) Sky Lounge in Seattle was the venue for a sold out tribute concert for the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s classic 1991 album Nevermind. I was lucky enough to have managed to get a ticket the day it went on sale (for only $21!). Over 20 Seattle bands performed…

Purple Hazed Rock N’ Roll – Hendrix Lives On

A rock and rolled themed week for me in Seattle, not just the birthplace of Grunge music but also of a guitar god, the one and only Jimi Hendrix! Perhaps one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time? Born James Marshall Hendrix in Seattle on November 27th, 1942, he went on to play guitar down south,…

Seattle, Washington….my new home

Epic Journey When I left Orlando, Florida on May 11th, 2011 the flight with transfers was meant to take about 8 hours to cross the country and arrive in Seattle, Washington…..mother nature had other ideas! The United States has been hit by crazy weather this year – never ending snowstorms in some parts, fires and flooding…