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Dusting off the magnum opus

Somehow it’s become an inevitability, this business of reperforming your famous album. Lou Reed did it with Berlin, Brian Wilson did it with Pet Sounds, Roger Waters did it with Dark Side of the Moon, Arthur Lee (RIP) did it with Love’s Forever Changes. Even Anthrax did it, with Among the Living. The years pass, […]

Say it ain’t so, Van

Can someone please tell me that there has been some kind of mistake and that the above photo is not the real album cover for the live recording of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks concerts at the Hollywood Bowl? For crying out loud, the name of one of the best albums of all time is hot […]

News and Notes: Morrison to perform ‘Astral Weeks’

Van Morrison is the latest to jump on the live-performance-of-a-classic-album bandwagon that already includes the likes of Sonic Youth, Mission of Burma, Built to Spill and others. According to Billboard, Morrison will be performing his 1968 masterpiece Astral Weeks in its entirety during concerts on Nov. 7 and 8 in Los Angeles. Joining him will […]