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…
Opening Titles and Song: Drive (2011)
“There’s a hundred-thousand streets in this city. You don’t need to know the route. You give me a time and a place, I give you a…
Best Album Covers: Abbey Road
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Opening Titles and Song: Quick Change (1990)
“All we’ve got going for us is the city. Our only hope is they’re mired down in the same shit that you and I have to…
Same Song, Different Movie: Since I Don’t Have You by The Skyliners
This is the next entry in a series from early 2012 that looks at the use of “needle dropped” songs, many of them popular tunes, in movies. Specifically,…
A Song For This Day (and year): That’s the Way Love Is
Another year over and upon us, and like I’ve done before, highlighting a song that just felt right for this point in time. As has been…
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…
One for the Dance Floor: It’s a Shame by The Spinners
Song Title: It’s A Shame Sung by: The Spinners Released: June 11, 1970 Recorded: 1970, Golden World (Studio B, Detroit, Michigan) Genre: Soul Length: 3:12 Label:…
Best Album Covers: Vanilla Fudge
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Opening Titles and Song: The Exorcist III (1990)
“I have dreams… of a rose, and then of falling down a long flight of steps.” Having read William Peter Blatty’s Legion novel in ’83, it…
Friday Song & Cover: MacArthur Park by Richard Harris and Donna Summer
Seeing that this year marked the 50th anniversary of a certain influential song — one of the ’60s most unique that still resonates famously, and infamously,…
Book Review – You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup
“I don’t want to be on the other side of this.” ~ My wife quoting me as to why it took so long to finish this book…
“When I Get Older…”
When I get older losing my hair Many years from now Will you still be sending me a Valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine While doing…
Friday Forgotten Song: 26 Miles by The Four Preps
“It’s more like 30 miles as opposed to this bullsh*t song!” ~ Someone’s outspoken daughter With summer right around the corner, escorted by seasonal heat and beach…
Best Album Covers: Objects of Desire
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Opening Titles and Song: Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
My habit of watching war films for the Memorial Day holiday, partially for my entertainment but also to remember the men and women who’ve died in…
Opening Titles and Song: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Having once again attended the splendid TCM Film Festival — the annual gathering of movie lovers in the heart of Hollywood — took in a number of classic movies with…
Friday Song: Piano in the Dark by Brenda Russell
Being ahead of the curve defined as “…ahead of current thinking and trends.” Musically, it’s where many wish to be…leading the way. Blazing a trail. The…
Best Album Covers: Moonflower
This is the next entry in Best Album Covers, a series begun right here. The first successful long-playing microgroove record for the phonograph was introduced by Columbia Records back in June of…
Opening Titles and Song: High Plains Drifter (1973)
Crack the whip [idiom] To behave in a domineering manner; demand hard work and efficiency from those under one’s control. Having finished another go around with…
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