Book Review – The Beatles 100
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…
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…
A Song Cover For This Day (and year): I Need You
In honor of the New Year now upon us, I selected a song from the period of the ’90s, which has been on my mind of late.…
The Soundtrack of My Life – The 80s
My local colleague Arlee Bird from Tossing It Out broached a meme a few years back that certainly intrigued: The Soundtrack of My Life As Arlee…
Reprise » Because of Him :: Greatest Guitar Riffs
Some years ago, our local oldies station, KRTH, posed a question to its listeners. Call in and list your favorite guitar riffs. All in honor of the…
Re-ranking the Top Ten of Rolling Stone’s The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs
If there’s one often demanding mission some of my fellow Beatles fans undertake, it’s tasking themselves with the supreme labor of ranking their songs. The numbers…
Reblogged» Hear now: Beatles vocals-only tracks highlight harmonies, passion – latimes.com
Hear now: Beatles vocals-only tracks highlight harmonies, passion – latimes.com. Author Joe Maddrey shared this on Facebook recently and it is simply awesome. Randall Roberts, the…
A Friday Shout-out & Song: Missing You by Dan Fogelberg
It was one of the two new songs assembled onto his Dan Fogelberg – Greatest Hits LP out that year. BTW, that’d be one of the very few platinum albums ever with a cover originally printed on the diagonal. The song has made every compilation, ‘best of’ album released since, and remains a favorite of mine (even over those already mentioned).
Friday Song: Time and Love by Tom Scott
I’ve already stated the 70s was a period of transition with my music listening habits. Covered here as it pertained to an influential work that got me into…
It Rains... You Get Wet 