Monday 16 September 2013

Andrew Goodwin RIP

Andrew Goodwin, media studies professor in San Francisco, and popular music theorist, died recently in a fire in his apartment in Berkeley.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Man-dies-in-Berkeley-fire-4801042.php

This is a sad loss. He was a keen Led Zeppelin fan, although he detested what is probably their most well-known song, 'Stairway To Heaven'.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2007/12/stairway_to_stardom.html

A man after my own heart. Friends and readers will know that I have long placed the blame for the temporary early '70s decline of good old British R'n'B squarely in the lap of J R R Tolkien and his pseudo-mystical, quasi-medieval Lord of the Rings nonsense.

http://www.desmondtraynor.com/music/led_zeppelin.html

http://www.state.ie/features/celebration-day-vs-crossfire-hurricane

Good call, Prof. Rest in peace.

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