Articles related to "Bootlegs"

October 7th, 2008 sees the release of Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs, Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006. The 2-Disk set is Volume #8 in the artist's Bootleg Series.

A primer for new buyers and collectors.

Although television and the movies greatly fictionalized the fight to bring down Capone, Eliot Ness's career needed no exaggeration to serve as a model of dedication.

Two men jailed in Hong Kong for selling pirated anime over the Net.

Richmond, BC-based store fined $25,000 after RCMP finds counterfeit copies of Finding Nemo DVD's.

Documentary filmmakers have put out a call to fans for any bootlegged footage of Eric Clapton.

The 1960s was the most inventive period ever for music and two of its key personalities were Arthur Lee, inspiration behind the Los Angeles band Love, and Jimi Hendrix.

The first volume of this 3-book series, subtitled The Early Years, covers a lot of ground and sets up author Paul Williams' basic arguments regarding Dylan's art.

Machine Gun Kelly would be among the first notable bandits to emerge during the period of time in American history called The Mid-West Crime Wave

After a decade of trying to control alcohol consumption in the United States, lawmakers gave up and repealed Prohibition.

When the Rivers Ran Red offers readers a look at Prohibition from the viewpoint of the winemakers and vineyard owners in California's Napa and Sonoma counties.

Nirvana, the three piece band that put Seattle on the world map and grunge on the airwaves, played one of the group's last concerts in Spokane's Coliseum.

After 14 official "Bootleg" discs, there remain dozens of songs written or performed by Bob Dylan not commercially availble, including early 1960s acoustic gems.

Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson, has become a comic-strip classic. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes collects all the authentic cartoons that will ever be published.

The Velvet Underground's first album spawned an entire genre of music. How the 'alternative' version was discovered on an acetate and what tracks it contained.

Beatlemania has not erupted again but Beatles fans had a pleasant surprise with the appearance of Revolution 1, Take 20, an unreleased track from The White Album.

Bootlegged book copies are available everywhere; from sidewalk hawkers and vendors at traffic lights to secondhand bookstores. Here's why it does not pay off to buy them.

Nicknamed "Scarface," he rose to the top of organized crime in Chicago, becoming a ruthless murderer, a millionaire, a celebrity, and a tax dodger before he died in 1947.

The Probhibition-styled restaurant is located next to the Fox River in northeast Illinois where the first "Public Enemy No. 1" reportedly hid from the federal revenuers.

Prohibition in Canada was short, but laws were in effect in the US for many years. It was disastrous. Canadian bootleggers, rumrunners and then mobsters made fortunes

The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the murder of seven people during a mafia turf war between rival gangs run by Al Capone and Bugs Moran in Chicago.

Alaska allows individual communities to regulate or prohibit the importation, sale and consumption of alcohol to help reduce alcohol abuse and its associated problems.

A unique composing tape shows how "Strawberry Fields Forever" evolved from a simple song about childhood into a symbol of isolation and despair.

On September 22, 1969, WBCN radio in Boston aired an unauthorized recording of The Beatles' "Get Back" album, which contained performances not heard before or since.

By December 21, 1966, The Beatles had recorded two different versions of "Strawberry Fields Forever," but neither version matched John Lennon's early inspiration.

Psychedelic rock music and its associated light shows and poster art changed the world. Its birthplace was San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, managed by Bill Graham.

The Grateful Dead's reputation as a leading psychedelic rock band remains unchallenged. San Francisco's best-loved people's band gave us a huge legacy of great rock music

After the unpleasant atmosphere surrounding the 'White Album' sessions, The Beatles hoped that a return to their roots as live performers would reunite them as a band.

Countdown ten humorous hints to have a great time at your next sci-fi or comic book convention. Never been before? Fear not: Take this advice to avoid the wrath of "con."

Recorded at The Half Note for radio in 1965, these much talked about performances show a band that had reached an apex of experimental creativity and intuition.

Joe Kennedy, JFK, RFK, J. Edgar Hoover, and the Mob: The origin of "The Kennedy Curse"?

Nearly fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, there remains one tangible proof of the tragic event, a twenty-six second document of death.

In October 1964, The Beatles were due to start recording a new album. Short of original material, they reworked an old Paul McCartney composition, "I'll Follow the Sun."

A Hard Day's Night is not only the most romantic of all Beatle albums, but also one dominated by John Lennon compositions. Among the noteworthy songs was "If I Fell."

Twenty years after first breaking onto the dancefloor, Kylie Minioque releases Boombox, a remix album containing the highlights of her hits since 2000.

Although small in stature "Baby Face Nelson" was notorious for his violent temper and his intense hate for officers of the law.

Online file sharing brought about the shift of consciousness among the general public that art should be free. With that, the approach to reach the consumer has changed.

Fans of Third Day can expect 2007 to be filled with opportunities to see their favorite group in ways never before imagined.

Joe Ball was an early serial killer, even before the phrase was coined. He was reputed to have butchered his victims and fed them to his pet alligators.

There's a new Ratatouille trailer online, which downplays the comedy and shows off the drama.

After the closing events of 'Villains", Volume 4 kicks off with a bang, but viewers might soon wonder if there are any good ideas left in this once engrossing show.

Essential collectible recordings and films for those looking to learn more about the band Led Zeppelin.

Chiller, the channel dedicated to all things creepy, has brought Fox reject Freakylinks out of television limbo to the appreciation of fans everywhere.

Whisky (whiskey) traces its origins back hundreds of centuries and has been idiolized and demonized but still remains as popular as ever. Find out how it got there

The video for "My Brain is Working Overtime," the first single from the upcoming Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, is now streaming at Weezer.com.

James Ellroy (LA Confidential, The Black Dahlia) churns the JFK assassination into page-turning, high-grade pulp.

Harry Trotter, an unemployed lumberyard foreman, finds a new career in bootlegging in the ruthless streets of Toronto in the 1920s.

Indie-Pop Veterans Belle and Sebastion have a new disc collecting their BBC Sessions that is both lovely and predictable.

An introduction to the best Bob Dylan products in a wide array of different mediums.

There are some basics of cocktail making and ingredients that are essential to know in order to create the perfect drink. Here is some of the terminology.