Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, was one of the most mysterious and electric rock musicians to live, dying unexpectedly at the age of 27. In this radiocast, we go behind the music and into the religion and philosophy that underpinned the “compelling darkness” of the music of The Doors, as well as the myth surrounding Morrison himself: that he was Dionysus in-the-flesh.
Tune in for this and many interesting tangents...
—Jim Morrison’s character and philosophy
—Nietzsche & The Doors
—Understanding Dionysus as more than mere hedonism
—Bacchanalia: the ‘Miami Incident’ and reaction
—The sudden disappearance of Dionysus
