My Top 13 Favorite Pop Instrumentals of the 1960s
The other day, I came across a 2015 blog post by Tom Nawrocki of his favorite pop instrumentals, which I also recommend reading. Still, it got…
Book Review – HEAT 2 by Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner
Anyone who knows me, for that matter this blog, could easily foresee that the first novel by the renowned director-producer-screenwriter, Michael Mann, would have been so…
Audiobook Review – Beatles New York to L.A. Double
Ever since I began reading books about my all-time favorite group, have searched out for those that didn’t exactly regurgitate the same stories. Or, if they…
Friday Forgotten Song: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
For those of us around when the country celebrated its bicentennial, it was an extraordinary time. That it landed in the midst of a momentous, and…
A Heartbreak Triple from 1971
“With the exception of grief, there’s hardly a life circumstance more painful than heartbreak.” ~ Kimberly Gillan Would have to agree with the above quote, but…
Book Review – The Beatles From A to Zed
Ever since I began reading books about my all-time favorite group, have searched out for those that didn’t exactly regurgitate the same stories. Or, if they…
The Last Movie Quiz…of 2020, that is…I’ll Do
Well, I’m only a few weeks late for the most recent, but wonderful, distraction to our current pandemic. And once again this was when Dennis posted…
My Top 13 Favorite Music Videos From the ’90s
Since I began this little project with a look at my favorite music videos of the 1980s, knew I had to let the other shoe drop.…
My Top 13 Favorite Music Videos From the ’80s
The other day, in this year of love in the time of corona, I re-watched a favorite film of my daughter and I, Atomic Blonde (2017).…
No “Barbecues and ballgames?” – Michael Mann’s Heat at 25
Director-producer-writer Michael Mann has had a singularly remarkable career. No less so for the body of work that has spanned network television, motion pictures, and cable…
Favorite Song Verses – A Start
As most every music fan knows, songs are like poems, even if you’re not into the latter. The definition of which well applies to both forms:…
Book Review – Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of The Beatles
No surprise given this the 50th anniversary for what turned out to be The Beatles final album, a number of tomes released in 2019 covering that…
Book Review – Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year
Given that it took some time, and a toll, to finish You Never Give Me Your Money by Peter Doggett this year, needed something to refresh the…
Friday Song – Power Wave by Dave Grusin
Like many my age, the ’80s brought with it a total revamp of what had come before. Certainly, beyond the padded shoulders, leg warmers, and big…
Reprise – Song for the Holiday: Get Here
With the Thanksgiving Day holiday upon us today, and yesterday traditionally the busiest travel day of the year, it always reminds me of those trying to…
Quote » The Ninth Configuration
“And you know what that heartless butcher prescribed” He said, ‘here, take this. It’s a suicide pill, with a mild laxative side effect.’ What kind of…
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