I don’t really get the criticism. Jimmy is a collector. He commissions things to market to the fellow collector. Everything I’ve ever seen with Jimmy’s name attached to it is of the highest quality. I’ve played through the Sundragon amp and it’s amazing. He also typically makes cost effective options available. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it. The man is 80 years old for fucks sake. What he does with his legacy is his business, and none of it sullies the music he has given YOU in any way.

This amp has been in the works for years after the success of the Sundragon launch. I’m not sure why anybody would be surprised that Jimmy played the amp he helped create for this tribute. Furthermore, the audience for this gear is incredibly niche, so to suggest this gig was simply a marketing ploy is curious at best. More likely, Jimmy wanted to play the gig, and he wanted to play the gig with his signature gear.

I saw Terry Reid in Pioneertown outside of Yucca Valley and Joshua Tree in California this past weekend. The venue was Pappy & Harriet's. I drove down on Saturday (a 10 hour drive for me) and caught the Sunday night show. Per usual Terry was outstanding and in good form. He can still howl with the best of them, but doesn't try to look like he did in the 60's and 70's. He's growing old gracefully and was outfitted in more of a country western ensemble. His band was excellent, with a younger guitar player who could really play. He played songs of all his 60's and 70's and albums, with the "Seed of Memory" and "River" stuff always bringing the house down. Great show. I highly recommend seeing Terry live.

My list is constantly evolving. I will always go back to Physical Graffiti and 1 as my favorite front to back listens, but I've found a newer appreciation for the production on House of the Holy (audiophile wise). While IV is a bona fide classic, I find myself tired of the songs a bit. Presence gets the most "I want to hear this one riff or solo etc." Whereas 2 is just blunt force. I describe that album as maybe the most "aggressive" rock album of its time. It is unrelenting, and thus better for rocking out in the car than to is for a critical listen IMO. I've tried so hard with ITTOD over the years, and while I appreciate some of the efforts, it's just not a good record by Zeppelin standards. It's a Plant solo effort, and for the most part, I don't like Plant solo despite seeing him over a dozen times since the late 80's. 1. Physical Graffiti 2. 1 3. Houses of the Holy 4. IV 5. 2 6. Presence 7. 3 8. ITTOD My favorite studio songs would probably be: 1. Sibly 2. No Quarter 3. How Many More Times 4. The Rain Song 5. In the Light 6. Achilles 7. Dazed 8. Kashmir 9. WLL 10. SRTS

It was absolutely fantastic. A story about a meticulously focused passion that is...unobtainable. Akio Sakurai's care and attention to detail in reproducing Page's playing, sound, stage performance, and wardrobe is awe inspiring. He's goes to incredible lengths to make things a pure reproduction, yet he's constantly on a pursuit to find the absolute perfection that still alludes him. Most often, it's the "cover" musicians he plays with that let him down. They simply don't understand the obsession, or even, what makes Zeppelin and Page so essential. They just wanna play the studio hits. Therein lies my only criticism of the film. They spend a good portion focusing on the cover groups Akio attaches himself to, that aren't worth a drop of his sweat. This will do well on the award circuit this year. It's a very well done film. I brought a friend who IS NOT a Zeppelin geek, and she throughly enjoyed the story. We both wondered if we had anything in our respective lives that we are THAT passionate about, and we were stumped. Ha! Definitely see this film, in a theater, with a good sound system. With more of an audience, I think this film could inspire a lot of people to digest Zeppelin on a deeper level. It's that good. The movie poster is beautiful as well. I'm on the hunt for a full sized print at the moment.

I’m going tonight in Sebastopol, CA.

This is an excellent idea. Once I have the correct wall cleared to mount this treasure, that’s exactly what I’ll do. Thanks Steve!

Sure, you might have friends. Good folk that send you some tableware when you get hitched, or come to your mediocre kid’s graduation. But have you ever had a friend that truly understands what makes the blood continue to charge through your veins during the last muddled gasp of this extinction era? My friend Paul does. He gets me. He gets that I’ll make room amongst my Thelema ceremonial magick ephemera, and my Bill Owens Oregon Fair nudes to create a temple to the Dark Prince, James Patrick Page. My friend understands that there are things worth investing in. Seemingly stupid things. These treasures, like ancient scrolls, or the manifestation of Horus, are once in an epoch stupid things. Things that deserve a mindful, and equally stupid caretaker. Thank you Paul, may the last days of Zeptember put a bustle in your hedgerow. *This is a 7 foot tall cardboard cutout of Jimmy donning his iconic Dragon Suit from the 1975 Earl’s Court performances, purchased from a drum collector show in Chicago. It’s my new favorite thing. #stupidshit #zeptember #thelema

I remember this shirt from the head shop Maharaja’s in downtown St. Paul, Mn in the mid 80’s. We used to go there constantly to buy Zeppelin ephemera as the store was almost exclusively Zeppelin and Pink Floyd themed. There was another wizard shirt that was more common that was a MythGem release that I bought there at that time. The wizard on that shirt was a more extravagant illustration than the one pictured here though. i also bought a hanging Zeppelin mobile, a Jimmy Page poster featuring the Stormtrooper stage wear, and Knebworth Live poster featuring a collage of photographs from the shows. I don’t believe Maharajas still exists, but I’ve often wondered what happened to all that dead stock Zep stuff. There were literally thousands of posters, pins, patches, and T-shirts there. This is back when a Zep patch would often share real estate with Iron Maiden, or early thrash bands on a hesher stoner’s denim jacket.

Here's an awesome interview with Joe Jammer, American roadie/Guitar tech with Zeppelin, that Page brought back to England. I have a couple of Joe's releases, but I didn't realize he was so prolific as a session guy with a lot of help from Jimmy and Peter. Some fascinating stuff I'd never heard before in here. https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/joe-jammer/

"Truth" was the first album my Dad ever purchased for me. The last time I saw Jeff, he was playing on a dual headliner bill with Brian Wilson. They did a set together to close the show and Jeff played all The Beach Boys vocal parts on his guitar. Just a phenomenal talent with an incredibly unique style. One of my all-time favorite guitarists along with Page, Jimi, Rory, Roy Buchanan, and Eddie Hazel. R.I.P. Jeff.

Excellent update and should put to bed the rumors of the film’s dead on arrival hand wringing. Thanks Sam!

It’s interesting to me that your sole role on this website is to “piss on people’s chips.” Thanks for sharing your story, Ana.

They didn’t have access to much of the archival footage and photography BECAUSE of the pandemic. This has been adequately reported. My guess is what they shared with Venice and Cannes was an overly long director’s cut. It’s typical to edit films after their first critical exposure. They’ll also need to land a distributor to release said film, and it is not clear if they have attained that yet. It’s going to come out when it’s good and ready, even if it’s direct to blu ray. I’m honestly confused why people think this will be such a dud. The directors and production partners involved are legitimately excellent filmmakers.

I have nearly every 45 Page ever played on pre-Zeppelin. I’d love to see a curated compilation of some of his favorite session and production work from that era. Or even a kitchen sink box set. Such an amazing array of musical styles and genres. Much of it vastly underrated. That to me would be the most interesting Page project if there is to be one in the cards. I don’t know if any exists, but home studio recordings when he started dabbling with the Roland synthesizer guitars in the late 70’s would also be of much interest to me. Just to see what he would have done with those strange instruments in their embryonic stage.