Articles written by Brooke Saunders

Ray Manzarek was the keyboard player of The Doors, a band from Los Angeles that shot to super stardom with a unique blend of jazz and rock.

Apr 30, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

According to Doors keyboard player Ray Manzarek in his autobiography Light My Fire, Morrison did not expose himself to the audience.

Apr 28, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Peter M. Thall lists strategies in this classic entertainment law book that probably annoyed more than one record company.

Mar 30, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

This large painting accurately captures the beginning of one of the most key battles in the American Revolution.

Mar 25, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

The story of how a desperate British government found mercenaries to fight in America is an interesting one, and the Hessians that came had talents beyond warfare.

Mar 23, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

In Elizabethan times, "dancing the jig" finally fell out of favor when Shakespeare and others ended the bawdy climax to most plays of the time.

Mar 17, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

There are at least three versions of Hamlet that survive to this day, and it is unknown what the final version was, as the first version was too long to use as a play.

Mar 14, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

This astonishing production at the Santa Monica Civic Center in 1964 is finally available to the public, it features the Rolling Stones, James Brown, The Beach Boys

Mar 10, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

The animation in this Disney movie is extraordinary, and children will enjoy the action and adventure in the sky

Mar 9, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

There is a new strategy to enable food stamp recipients get affordable produce locally from farmers markets and other sources.

Mar 8, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

There is a new strategy to enable food stamp recipients get affordable produce locally from farmers markets and other sources.

Mar 8, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Led Zeppelin ran into many other stars in the music industry at concerts, backstage, and parties, sometimes with humorous results

Mar 8, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

This excellent work covers one of the most significant years in the life of the world's greatest playwright.

Mar 8, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Jules Verne was convinced the theory of evolution was true, and included many ideas about the subject in his fictional Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Mar 2, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Elton John was interviewed in Parade Magazine, February 2010, and relates why he changed his life around after years of drug abuse

Mar 2, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Led Zeppelin appreciated Elvis Presley and considered him rightfully the King. They met with him on several occasions, though their music had little in common.

Feb 25, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

This coffee table book of Vincent Van Gogh's work is beautifully laid out, easy to read, full of gorgeous reproductions and many interesting facts.

Feb 8, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

When John Lennon met Yoko Ono, and then divorced Cynthia, none of the other Beatles and Beatle wives contacted Cynthia, except Paul McCartney.

Feb 4, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

Liberace was one of the most groundbreaking stars of the twentieth century, combining piano mastery of classical music with costumes and razor sharp repartee.

Jan 26, 2010 - Brooke Saunders

The Terra Cotta Warrior exhibit at the National Geographic Society is a rare opportunity to see these fascinating figures up close from China's past

Jan 20, 2010 - Brooke Saunders