by Sean Passmore | Dec 4, 2025 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, Xmas Stuff
Happy Chrismukkah! This holiday pop culture reference from Naughties television show The O.C. is a combination of Hanukkah and Christmas. But where does Chrismukkah come from? There are two origins of Chrismukkah, the original invention of the term and when it...
by Sean Passmore | Oct 2, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Definitive Version Series
The Unlikely Story of William Pester, eden ahbez, and Gypsy Boots In the early part of the 20th century, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America, three mysterious, long haired, bearded proto-hippies eerily emerged out of the California desert, each...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 21, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a French composer and pianist. At the age of 13 his stepmother, a pianist and composer herself, enrolled the young Satie in the Paris Conservatoire. Satie strongly disliked the institution, which he described as “a vast, very...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 6, 2025 | Album of the Week, Blog
Album Of The Week for the week of September 7, 2025 A Billy Strayhorn Songbook on Concord Jazz From Car Salesman to Jazz Impresario: The Unforgettable Journey of Carl Jefferson and Concord Jazz Within the ultra cool vibes of American jazz, few stories sparkle as...
by Sean Passmore | Sep 6, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Album of the Week, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, RNRF Hall Of Fame, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
In the world of jazz, few names resonate with as much significance as Billy Strayhorn, prodigious composer, arranger, pianist, and lyricist whose influence not only molded the entire genre of jazz but also broke through barriers of race and sexuality at a time when...
