Happy Birthday Todd! All Todd Rundgren fans know that June 22 is his birthday, and this year, Todd is celebrating by being busier, and more musically relevant than ever! Todd’s new CD “White Knight” has gotten a ton of press… Read More ›
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Classic “Nordic Noir!” Terrific Crime Fiction From “Department Q”! Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole Novels Rock!
Time For Some “Ice Cold” Crime! I want to share a style of mystery writing that I love right now – “Nordic Noir!” Nordic noir is crime fiction written in Scandinavia – Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland in particular –… Read More ›
“Driving Rain!” Paul McCartney’s “Casio” Cover! “Freedom” Tribute! Two Week Recording Session!
Paul McCartney’s Emotional “Freedom” Tribute! One of Paul’s most memorable moments took place in 2001, when he wrote a stirring tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack…it’s a dramatic end to what was conceived as a “Beatles style… Read More ›
Todd Rundgren’s Live “Nearly Human” Tour! My 1990 VHS Survives! Classic Live Performance Video!
Todd Rocks My VHS Player! I was going through an old box, and look what I found! Todd Rundgren’s incredible 1990 tour to support his brilliant “Nearly Human” album! What A Concert! I was lucky enough to see this at… Read More ›
“Venus And Mars!” Paul McCartney’s Classic “Rock Show!” An Almost Lennon-McCartney Reunion!
Paul McCartney’s Outer Space “Rock Show!” Here’s the former Beatle holding two planets…and here’s why – Paul’s late wife Linda was an amazing photographer, and she was capturing Macca with his “Venus And Mars” album cover prototypes: two circular orbs… Read More ›
Cooking “Dishwater Salmon!” Spaghetti Hot Dogs! Amazing Cooking Techniques!
Time To Wash Your Dirty Plates – And Make Some Salmon, Too! I walked into my kitchen yesterday and saw this staring at me: Here’s A Kitchen Question For You! For all of the great Chefs reading this, a question:… Read More ›
“Lost” Beatles Demo! McCartney’s Cilla Black Demo Found! The Songs The Beatles Gave Away!
“Paul McCartney and John Lennon Have A Song For You…Please Hold.” Can you imagine getting THAT call? Well, it happened a number of times in the 60’s and 70’s – John Lennon and Paul McCartney routinely wrote songs The Beatles… Read More ›
Todd Is “Tortured!” Todd Rundgren’s Hilarious “Bang On The Drum” Hit! Record Label Swan Song! The Terrific “Ever Popular” Goodbye to Bearsville!
Todd Is “Tortured!” Time to look at another Todd Rundgren classic. Here how Todd describes this record: “I knew that the label was not taking, or promoting, my records seriously, so I thought, ‘why don’t I do an album where… Read More ›
Rodney Dangerfield! Brilliant Comic “Gets No Respect!” “Rapping’ Rodney”! His Hilarious “Caddyshack” Outtakes!
“I Don’t Get No Respect!” It was his signature catchphrase, but legendary Comedian Rodney Dangerfield got respect for being one of the greatest standup Comics of all time! “That’s The Story Of My Life…” Dangerfield perfected a deadpan delivery of… Read More ›
Todd Rundgren Stays “Faithful!” A Shocking Record Label Betrayal! Beatles Covers! Brilliant New Songs!
“Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something…Faithful!” It was one of Todd Rundgren’s sterling achievements – a single side of music as good as anything he has ever released… “Rundgren’s ‘clearest and most interesting set of songs since Something/Anything?’” The… Read More ›
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