Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
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It was the summer of 1985. There was me, Kromlock the Warrior, my friend Dennis, better known as Garmo the Wizard, and Peter, a.k.a. Hendrix the half-even ranger. We were…
This past weekend, drummer Steve Foley passed away at the age of 49. Foley, of course, is best known for replacing Chris Mars in the Replacements for their final tour…
The Gabe Dixon Band – The Gabe Dixon Band (Fantasy) purchase this CD (Amazon) I was never any good at math, but I know enough to understand the basic laws…
Two Dog Garage – Pinboy purchase this album (MySpace) Two Dog Garage is Alex Kimmell, a Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter who’s spent his career to date doing the usual 21st-century singer/songwriter…
Pull out the headphones for this one, kids. Otherwise, you laptop toters will hear nothing until the 19-second mark. I wonder if a label would even allow a song like…
IÁ¢€â„¢m writing this week’s post on a Sunday afternoon. Why is that significant? Because itÁ¢€â„¢s the absolute best day of the week for Á¢€Ëœ80s music. My wife and I end…
Riding a rockabilly/Motown revival during the early ’80s that also included the Polecats, Roman Holliday and the Stray Cats, Britain’s JoBoxers (with American lead singer Dig Wayne) barely scraped the…
Sonic Youth – “The Sprawl” Straylight Run – “Existentialism on Prom Night” “He sat beside Molly in filtered sunlight on the rim of a dry concrete fountain, letting the endless…
Hey, you! DonÁ¢€â„¢t watch that, watch this! Ah, but you knew that already, didn’t you? Am I going soft on you? I’ll never tell, but if you’re wise, you’ll check…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE This was one of those mixes that started like the mixtapes I used to do in the ’80s — that is to say, I started…
Every summer, the city of San Francisco has a free concert series featuring noteworthy bands, and some that are yet-to-be-noted — at least in the United States, anyway.Á‚ Á‚ Case in…
It’s horribly cliche, but over the past couple summers, the moment the temperatures move towards 80 degrees, I reach for my Doors collection. I always start out more or less…
Along with rehab, doing a sequel just for the paycheck, screaming anti-Semitic slurs at traffic cops, and getting away with murder (literal or otherwise), one of the greatest privileges of…
If music were like food, the Toadies’ new CD, No Deliverance, would be a steak and baked potato entree, with maybe a sprig of parsley thrown in. The meat and…
AC/DC – Whole Lotta Rosie (live) from Live in Concert (1978) Al Anderson – I Want Your Body from Got Myself in Trouble Again Brian Wilson – Smart Girls from…
I’m stunned and saddened to hear the news that producer / mixer Jerry Finn passed away yesterday as a result of the effects of a brain hemorrhage which occurred last…
You may have noticed that Name That Tune was conspicuously absent from the site last week. It won’t be here this week, either, and that’s because we’ve fired Scraps. No,…
Hello, everybody! I’ll be honest with you — this chart kind of stinks. I mean, it’s not “wretched,” but I wouldn’t say it’s “good by any stretch of the imagination,”…
So, who worries about the music their kids listen to? I don’t have any kids myself, but when I was visiting my 13-year-old niece recently, she asked me to get…
Greetings, Videots! Apologies from all of us here on the deck of the VIDEO! Cruiser — we realize it’s been far too long since we sent a transmission back from…
For me, the waning days of summer always bring to mind the city homecoming fair that took place at the end of every August in my hometown of North Olmsted,…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
August 20, 1969, was a Wednesday. Hurricane Camille continues to drop rain on the Eastern Seaboard; Nelson County, Virginia, records between 27 and 30 inches, causing the worst flash flooding…
I had originally intended to post this during the week of August 1st and August 9th, but I wanted to give a shout to Isaac Hayes last week. Get out…
Imagine my surprise when I visited my then-girlfriend Á¢€” anyone who read my ValentineÁ¢€â„¢s Day piece knows her well Á¢€” over Christmas break in 1992, and in her car was…
ItÁ¢€â„¢s amazing sometimes to see how music brings the world together. I was food shopping with my wife last week and Á¢€Å“867-5309/JennyÁ¢€ by Tommy Tutone was playing in the store….
—- Def Leppard – “Rocket” Herbie Hancock – “Rockit” Mojo: “The exception that proves the rule” is a cliche whose meaning completely eludes me. It’s like saying just once, we…