{"id":130,"date":"2017-10-25T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/?p=130"},"modified":"2017-11-29T13:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T18:09:28","slug":"podcast-pitch-the-27-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/2017\/10\/25\/podcast-pitch-the-27-club\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST PITCH: The 27 Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN: The first episode about Brian Jones is\u00a0here!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F348574535&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=840&#038;maxheight=1000\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a027 club, according to Rolling Stone magazine, is &#8220;one of the most elusive and remarkably tragic coincidences in rock &amp; roll history,&#8221; the article from 2013 says. &#8220;The term became widely\u00a0known after Kurt Cobain&#8217;s death in 1994\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0connecting his age to that of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To die at such a young age leaves many questions: \u00a0What does the world miss when\u00a0a genius dies? \u00a0\u00a0How, it seems, can so many rock stars; icons in their own right,\u00a0all wind up dead at 27? There has to be some mythical reason, or logical solution; a pattern, something?<\/p>\n<p><span>It is important to note that all 27-er&#8217;s, like Morrison, Hendrix and Joplin, were successful figures at the top of their careers. Most, if not all, had pasts with drug addiction (or died from drug-related issues). And, of course, there is the fact that these figures all were frozen in their youth at the same age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The lure surrounding the 27 club, will hopefully be uncovered as I <\/span><span>attempt, in the podcast, to understand the linked untimely deaths of these Icons; figures, spear-heads.\u00a0<\/span>Each episode will analyze a specific figure in the club,\u00a0analyzing their life, death and lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll join me!<\/p>\n<p>*********************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Works Cited:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IEbw7j5Yffs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IEbw7j5Yffs<\/a> Brian Jones House &amp; pool footage<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/obituary-brian-jones-19690809\">http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/obituary-brian-jones-19690809<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In 1962, Jones formed Rolling Stones; first gig at Marquee Club; (Free Library)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/3647853\/Sex-and-drugs-and-Brian-Jones.html\">http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/3647853\/Sex-and-drugs-and-Brian-Jones.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/_\/print\/PrintArticle.aspx?id=93511441\">https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/_\/print\/PrintArticle.aspx?id=93511441<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/july\/7\/newsid_4785000\/4785320.stm\">http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/onthisday\/hi\/dates\/stories\/july\/7\/newsid_4785000\/4785320.stm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/beyondtheblueplaque.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/literature-novelists-aamilne-1882-1956.html\">http:\/\/beyondtheblueplaque.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/literature-novelists-aamilne-1882-1956.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/11\/17\/arts\/brian-jones-the-making-of-the-rolling-stones-a-biography.html?_r=1\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/11\/17\/arts\/brian-jones-the-making-of-the-rolling-stones-a-biography.html?_r=1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/brian-jones-sympathy-for-the-devil-19690809\">http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/brian-jones-sympathy-for-the-devil-19690809<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SUNDAY Times:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterleni.com\/Brian%20Jones%20STM.pdf\">http:\/\/www.peterleni.com\/Brian%20Jones%20STM.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; LISTEN: The first episode about Brian Jones is\u00a0here! The\u00a027 club, according to Rolling Stone magazine, is &#8220;one of the most elusive and remarkably tragic coincidences in rock &amp; roll history,&#8221; the article from 2013 says. &#8220;The term became widely\u00a0known after Kurt Cobain&#8217;s death in 1994\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0connecting his age to that of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/2017\/10\/25\/podcast-pitch-the-27-club\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PODCAST PITCH: The 27 Club&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,1],"tags":[9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/swerthei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}