A Song For This Day (and year): Wishing on a Star
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…
Same Song, Different Movie: “Cry to Me” by Solomon Burke
Originally posted on Paula's Cinema Club:
The idea for this post is shamelessly borrowed with permission from my friend Michael at It Rains … You…
Opening Titles and Song: Prince of Darkness (1987)
“Let’s talk about our beliefs, and what we can learn about them. We believe nature is solid, and time a constant. Matter has substance and time…
Best Album Covers: Yesterday and Today
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…
Forty Year Friday – SANTANA “FESTIVAL” AND “MOONFLOWER”
Originally posted on KamerTunesBlog:
Artist: SANTANA Album: FESTIVAL and MOONFLOWER [Welcome to Forty Year Friday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1977] I’ve enjoyed…
Best Album Covers: Heart Like a Wheel
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…
Same Song, Different Movie: Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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,…
Friday Forgotten Song – Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan
Yes, Abbey Road the last album they actually recorded together, but technically the breakup-laden Let It Be their final “release.” Almost a given, or for that matter, a…
Best Album Covers: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
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…
Best Album Covers: The Low End Theory
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…
Friday Song: Death of a Bachelor by Panic at the Disco
Author Royce Holladay describes “pattern spotters” as those who “…have a gift for seeing patterns in chaos. They make great artists and politicians and parents of…
Friday Forgotten Song: What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round? by The Monkees
Am fairly sure this happens to everyone, at one time or another, if you’ve a parent who decides to share something pretty personal with their child. The…
Same Song, Different Movie: Sinnerman by Nina Simone
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,…
Best Album Covers: Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
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…
Same Song, Different Movie: Anything Goes by Cole Porter
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,…
Best Album Covers: Tattoo You
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…
Best Album Covers: Hub-Tones
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…
Forty Year Friday – STEELY DAN “AJA”
Originally posted on KamerTunesBlog:
Artist: STEELY DAN Album: AJA [Welcome to Forty Year Friday, the weekly series on my favorite albums of 1977] By the time…
A Song For This Day (and year): Suavecito
Another year over and upon us, and like I’ve done before, highlighting a song that just felt right for this point in time. Once again, selected…
Same Song, Different Movie: Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
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,…
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