Sonic Cocktails

Roy Book Binder recalls Pink Anderson - the South Carolina blues singer who put the "Pink" in Pink Floyd

RIP Roy - guitarist, "travelin' man" and raconteur of the first order

16 hrs ago • John Kruth

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New York Is Still Lou Reed’s Town (You Just Live in It)

"Lou won’t ever become obsolete.” - Hal Willner - Remembering NYC's Poet Laureate Rocker on his birthday

Mar 2 • John Kruth

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February 2026

Conjure: Ishmael Reed’s Neo Hoodoo Hymnbook Vols. I - III

Bright Moments Sir Reed on the Auspicious Anniversary of Your Earthly Appearance (a day late...)

Feb 23 • John Kruth

sun ra’s sunglasses

A poem in honor of Herman Blount aka Le Sony'r Ra, of Birmingham. Alabama USA/Saturn

Feb 20 • John Kruth

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Of Madness and Grapefruit -

A chapter from my book Hold On World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono (April, 2021)

Feb 17 • John Kruth

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Are You Glad to Be in America? Happy 86th Birthday to the Harmolodic Outlaw - James ‘Blood’ Ulmer

An Interview with Blood from 2007, published in WaxPoetics

Feb 8 • John Kruth

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January 2026

Just a little "Respect" at the Fuel Cafe

Aretha, Curtis and "Lousy Service"... What more could you want???

Jan 23 • John Kruth

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RICHIE HAVENS’ MIXED BAG (FROM THE BASKET HOUSES TO YASGUR’S FARM)

Happy Birthday Richie... a day late.

Jan 22 • John Kruth

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Happy Celestial Birthday (a day late) to the ORIGINAL GANGSTA: Huddie Ledbetter - AKA LEAD BELLY

As George Harrison once said, "No Lead Belly... No Beatles!"

Jan 21 • John Kruth

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Something Happened To Us Yesterday - The Rolling Stones’ Between the Buttons Revisited

Between the Buttons.... The Stones' 7th studio album was released in the UK on January 20, 1967

Jan 20 • John Kruth

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January 12... Sandwich Day Again...

January 12, the day between my mother’s and father’s deaths. and the music I made, with a little help from Violent Femmes.

Jan 12 • John Kruth

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December 2025

20 (or so) Reasons Why the Mandolin Rocks

Small But Mighty - The Mandolin Goes Where No Lead Guitar Can

Dec 30, 2025 • John Kruth

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