Features
Thursday, December 17 2009
The Best Live Albums of 2009
This has been a year teeming with one of the most robust outputs of live recordings in recent memory.
Tuesday, May 8 2007
The Doors: Open for Business (Again)
If the first two Doors albums are drugs, they’d be of the decidedly psychedelic variety; the next couple are a dangerous cocktail of amphetamines and Quaaludes. Morrison Hotel is beer: authentic, unfiltered, as American as it gets. L.A. Woman manages to be all of the above.
Columns
Wednesday, December 7 2011
When the Music’s Over: Greil Marcus on the Doors
Apparently seeking to account for every important rock act of the '60s, Greil Marcus turns his critical attention to the Doors.
Reviews
Thursday, December 11 2008
The Doors: Live at the Matrix 1967
Live at the Matrix 1967 works as an archival document of the Doors before the band exploded and fame overtook them.
Thursday, December 21 2006
The Doors by The Doors by The Doors, with Ben Fong-Torres
Death has been very good to Jim Morrison, but it's been even better for those who continue to profit from his fleeting but fruitful body of his work. Not to mention his body. With that in mind, the following words will be eschewed for the duration of this discussion: Shaman, Dionysus, Rimbaud, God, Satan, and Witchcraft.
Tuesday, September 18 2001
The Doors: The Very Best of the Doors
Why did Elektra release this? Did some marketing survey reveal that there are fans out there who simply won't pay the extra six bucks for a double album? I don't get it -- but maybe that's why I had such a short-lived career in music marketing and promotions.
Tuesday, November 28 2000
The Doors: The Bright Midnight Sampler
Jim Morrison's legacy makes it easy to forget that the Doors were primarily a pop band.
Blogs
Friday, March 11 2011
Counterbalance No. 24: 'The Doors'
Before you slip into unconsciousness, Counterbalance's Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger have put together a few thoughts on the Doors' 1967 debut album. It's number 24 on the Big List.
Thursday, April 1 2010
The Doors and Various Artists - When You're Strange (new album / video / stream)
The Doors and Various Artists When You're Strange (Songs From The Motion Picture) (Rhino) Releasing: 6 April Tom DiCillo’s new documentary about the Doors explores…
News
Saturday, April 10 2010
Doors guitarist Robby Krieger recalls what it's like 'When You're Strange'
Surprisingly, given the wealth of material about the Doors, the new documentary "When You're Strange" is the first-ever full-length, non-fiction look at the legendary rock…
