Note: My brother’s visiting from out of town this week, so I’ve got less time than I normally do for blog-type stuff; fortunately, our friend Robert, of the always entertaining…
Jason Hare
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While I definitely think it’s too early in this site’s life to start reposting anything on a regular basis, it’s also the summer and I’m trying to take advantage of…
Scott Malchus
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I’ve been busy working on a script, which is a good thing. Although it takes me away from the blog, it means I’ve broken through the crippling writer’s block that…
Jeff Giles
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Queen – Too Much Love Will Kill You (1995) [Jefito’s Note: As Mr. Davis (of Mrs. Davis fame) astutely and oh-so-humorously noted a couple of months ago, jasonhare.com is this…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Prince – Around The World In A Day from Around the World in a Day (1985)David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Talkin’ To The Wino Too from Very Greasy (1988)Glen…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Hell yes, Soul Shower is back; Maybe We Ain’t That Young Anymore hosts a Song Smackoff! — here’s Round 1, bracket 1, Round 1, bracket 2, and Round 2 —…
Scott Malchus
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Each and every time I hear the opening guitar strumming of The Pretenders’ “Back on the Chain Gang”; I am filled with happiness, sorrow, love and regret. Then the acoustic…
Jason Hare
10 Min Read
Hi everybody! Let’s see, in recent weeks we’ve done ’84, ’88 and ’86…so naturally, you know where I’m headed. Let’s take a look at the charts during the week of…
Jeff Giles
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Aldo Nova – Twitch (1985)purchase this album (Amazon) All right, enough screwing around — time to set the controls for the heart of the cutout bin! We’re heading into Aldo…
Jason Hare
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A quick anecdote before we start today: on Saturday, Mike and I did one of our “Acoustic ’80s” gigs. In between songs, we somehow wound up mentioning Little River Band,…
John C. Hughes
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Breaking out the USB turntable and encoding some odds & ends – thought I’d share! “¢ Boomtown Rats – “Drag Me Down (U.S. Version): The Rats were the focus of…
Jeff Giles
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Simple Minds – Sanctify Yourself from The Best Of (2002)Ray Charles – Bye, Bye Love from Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)Damn Yankees – Dirty Dog from Don’t…
Scott Malchus
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My father wasn’t an easy man to love growing up. I was an emotional kid and I didn’t quite get why he wasn’t overly affectionate with all of his children….
Jason Hare
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Howdy, and welcome back to another Friday edition of CHART ATTACK! The week we’re attacking this time ’round is a bit depressing – 60% ballads, with only one of them…
Jeff Giles
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The Greenberry Woods – Rapple Dapple (1994)purchase this album (Amazon) Now this is more like it. It may not seem like it, but this album is the kind of thing…
John C. Hughes
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Straight outta Austria, Falco (aka Johann “Hans” HÁƒ¶lzel) is best known on these shores for “Rock Me Amadeus”, one of the more deranged hits in a decade filled with strange…
Jason Hare
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Welcome back to another week here at Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold, where I have the inexplicable need to mention the name of the series at the beginning…
Jeff Giles
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The Doobie Brothers – Wheels Of Fortune from Takin’ It to the Streets (1976)Squirrel Nut Zippers – Memphis Exorcism from Hot (1996)Adam Ant – Ants Invasion from Kings of the…
John C. Hughes
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…to this… Sometimes the easiest ones are the best.
Jason Hare
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Oh, 1984. I can’t stay away from you for very long. I love you too much. And you looked pretty good this week – June 9, 1984, to be exact!…
Jeff Giles
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Duane Dolieslager – The Opposite of Optimist (2007)purchase this album (CD Baby) As eagle-eyed readers of this space may have noted, starting some weeks ago, I began running record reviews…
Jeff Giles
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Bonham – The Disregard of Timekeeping (1989)purchase this album (Amazon) Given the three lousy comments that last week’s Cutouts Gone Wild! on Tall Stories got, I’m going to assume we…
Scott Malchus
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I have some great news. After only a week posted on the iklipz website, “King’s Highway” was chosen as the “Film of the Week”. Above is a screen capture of…
John C. Hughes
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Chris & Cosey’s single about two cheating lovers on the sly was a pleasant pop surprise/sellout considering their prior musical pedigree as members of the early industrial combo Throbbing Gristle….
Jeff Giles
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Justin Branam – Words Worth Mentioning (2006) purchase this album (CD Baby) It’s February 1996, and I’ve got the hots for this girl who happens to be a big Jars…
Jason Hare
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Hang on to your precious lil’ mining hats, my mellow friends: today we’re going deep, deep into the mines. How deep? Deep enough that the song we’re covering never came…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Those of you who have been keeping track of the multi-blogging fundraising sensation that is Bloggers for a Cure may already know this, but yesterday marked the end of our…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Schoolhouse Rock – Do the Circulation from Schoolhouse Rock (1996)The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – It’s All Over Now (with Dr. John) from Voodoo (1987)Randy Newman – Shame from Bad…
Jeff Giles
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mental_floss reminds us that Mister Rogers was too good for this planet; AM, Then FM pays a visit to the Southside, draws the line between Steppenwolf and Superfly, then breaks…