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Greatest Un-Hits: Richard Carpenter and Dusty Springfield’s “Something In Your Eyes” (1987)
When duos split up, there’s usually only one breakout star who goes on to any semblance of a successful solo career, with the public casting its vote with its dollars and chart showings, making
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: On Todd Rundgren, The Not-So Popular Tortured Artist
Perhaps Todd Rundgren’s own restive muse — he’s dabbled in every major rock subgenre over the past four decades — simply makes him too difficult to categorize. Maybe Rundgren never stuck with one thing
Read More »Way Out Wednesday Mixtape Special: Do I Have to Spell It Out?
Way Out Wednesday returns for a spell with a mixtape of songs commemorating the Scripps National Spelling Bee!
Read More »Here’s Something Else!: Hall and Oates That Doesn’t, You Know, Suck
Hall and Oates are, of course, the poster boys for what happens when hair gel meets R&B. Funny thing is, they were originally anything but polished. Hall had reportedly been in an early Philly
Read More »Wandering the Aisles, Vol. 1: Hall & Oates for the Obsessed
It’s quite possible that, at some point in your life, you’ve dreaded going to the supermarket. All those crazy people, long lines and synapse-damaging packages can take a toll on anyone. You usually have
Read More »Rob Smith Can’t Say No: Koot Hoomi, “The Dark Side of Hall and Oates”
In which Rob Smith hears a bizarre album of Hall & Oates covers, and is not pleased
Read More »Mix Six: “Spell It!”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE First off, let me say that “Y.M.C.A.” didn’t make the cut on this mix. Yeah, it’s a fun song, but chances are you’ve heard it a million times, and
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: “Live from Daryl’s House”
Let it be said, for starters, that Daryl Hall has a really nice house. It’s a rambling old place, somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. He needs to do something with the landscaping — the place
Read More »Mix Six: “Songs in the Key of Autumn”
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE Booyakisha! This week’s mix is about a season that seems to get very little love in the world of song. And before you run to the comment section and
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