
People will go on and on and debate about who the best guitarist is. My favorite is Jimmy Hendrix. To me his style is the epitome of what Rock guitar should be like. Not only was his aggressive, blues, induced rock awesome, but he was a great songwriter as well. He wasn’t all about the speed, but rather about the soul of the sound. My favorite piece of guitar writing ever is the intro to “Little Wing”. In addition to the guitar playing itself is his flare; it wouldn’t be rock n’ roll without his creative stage presence. Playing the guitar behind his head, lighting his guitar on fire, to doing a tripped out rendition of the star spangled banner (musical metaphor for war) were all just pieces of amo to his music.
Here’s a famous clip of him at Woodstock:

This week launches Issue 003 for FR*A and we kick it off with punk rock trio Blackfire. This Navajo family have tales of politics, the ramones, to err, LA.
click the above image for the story.
p.s. New features launch every TUESDAY for ISSUE 003.

Not sure if any of you guys noticed, but there are two NEW Pink Spiders songs on their myspace -
myspace.com/thepinkspiders
As usual, I like this stuff - especially “Sleeping on the Floor”. Check out their FR*A Issue 001 interview here.
Went to check out the Giant Robot show - it was a HUGE turnout. Great food, great artwork, and great crowd.


(left) Dave Choe filled up one whole wall with a huge mural. There were actual ninja stars thrown into the wall - so don’t touch! (right) Masakatsu Sashie is one of my new favorite artists. Awesome.

Gary Baseman, nuff said.