Time For A South Seas Adventure! Imagine that this was your view of home – a south seas island paradise – thousands of miles from anywhere…well, for one adventurous young Teacher, it was home – and he wrote a book… Read More ›
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“Under Pressure” From “Uncle Albert” For Some “Uptown Funk”! These “U” Songs Feature Utopia! Queen! David Bowie! Paul McCartney! U2 As Well!
Time To Dance To The Tune Of “U”! David Bowie and Freddie Mercury gave us one of the greatest songs that began with the letter “U”, so let’s get going there and see where this musical letter of the alphabet… Read More ›
Nirvana! Laura Nyro! Harry Nilsson! Coconuts And “Swirling Jacksons”! Song’s With An “N”!
Songs With An “N”! I’m celebrating New Year’s Day with some of my favorite Artists and songs! My musical look at the alphabet from “A to Z” lands on “N”, with classic Artists like The Jackson Five and quirky hits… Read More ›
“Hey Hey!” Get Your Musical “H” On! Hole! Heart! Hendrix! The Brilliant “Hello, It’s Me!”
Courtney Love’s Great Musical Achievement – With An “H”! Celebrating some great music with an “H” – artist or song title – including classic rock from Neil Young and Heart, vintage Todd Rundgren, the legendary Tom Petty, and Courtney Love’s… Read More ›
Exploitation Cinema – The Empowered Women Edition! Pam Grier! Biker Chicks! Bee Girls! Pussycats Who Kill! Swinging Cheerleaders!
Time For Some “Empowered” Cult Cinema!! If you are looking for some great cult cinema with more of an empowered message, time to jump into the deep end of the “exploitation cinema” pool as we are going to celebrate empowered… Read More ›
Best Album Covers: Yesterday and Today
Originally posted on It Rains… You Get Wet:
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 1948. Yet, album covers (the paper board…
“Let’s Do This!” Vote Todd Into The Hall Of Fame! His Latest Power Pop Rocker! Two Great Videos From This “White Knight!”
“Let’s Do This!” Yes, it’s the name of Todd’s latest power pop classic, but it also is a reminder to keep “rocking the vote” for Todd! The Hall of Fame plans to announced the inductees in December with an induction… Read More ›
Paul McCartney’s “Hidden” Songs! “Rock n’ Roll High School!” Plus “Role Models!” The Paul McCartney And Wings Song That Wasn’t!
Paul McCartney’s Secret Soundtracks! OK, you might see that Paul isn’t looking too “Paul” in this picture, but I’ll explain why in a moment. I love finding interesting trivia about Paul McCartney and Wings, and here are two songs that… Read More ›
Happy Birthday 007! James Bond Was Born 55 Years Ago With “Dr. NO!”
“Bond…James Bond.” With those three words, one of the world’s greatest movie franchises was launched – on October 5, 1962! The world’s great Secret Agent has stayed popular for more than five decades, with six different Actors putting on the… Read More ›
Movies A-Z Stops On “S”! Hilarious Drinking! Evil Darth Vader! Brad Pitt TWICE!
Toast To Some GREAT Movies With An “S”! Cheers! My “Movies A-Z” list has come to the letter “S”, which as usual, is so full of great films that I left off a ton of stuff – but here are… Read More ›