Monday, April 30, 2012

Child is Father to the Man

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From perhaps the rarest of all surf music/pop culture documentaries ( One Man's Challenge , 1962) here are the aforementioned Beach Boys...
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For Starters, At Least Their Lawyers Aren't On-Stage With Them

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Well, the first reviews are in and it looks like that Beach Boys reunion tour isn't quite the pathetic spectacle I'd feared. From...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Casual Fridays Slacker Pop Quiz

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Question: Has there ever been a snazzier dressed and generally just cool-looking rock band than The Byrds , circa 1965-66? If for...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Let's Get Small!!!!

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Hadn't perused MOJO (the magazine) in quite a while, but the current (May) issue is pretty interesting, starting with an excellent cover...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Compare and Contrast: Portrait of the Artist as The Luckiest SOB on the Planet

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From 1992, please enjoy Ric Ocasek (pictured here with his ridiculously gorgeous internationally famous model wife Paulina , who he clearly ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Blues Came Down From Belmont Avenue

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And speaking as we were the other day of the ridiculously great Dion DiMucci ... From 1965, during the period when his hits had dried up, ...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Annals of Pop Culture Illiteracy

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So the other day I was luxuriating, as is my wont from time to time, in the great comforting warm bath that is the New York Times Arts and L...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Everything You Know is Wrong

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Ladies and germs, post-folk/rock-grunge weisenheimer Todd Snider explains it all to you -- by which I mean every stupid zombie lie that you...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Let Us Now Praise Famous Arkansans

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From Esquire's incomparable politics blog, here's Charles Pierce on Levon Helm , and why he matters. It was a hot summer night very...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Dick Clark 1929 -- 2012

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If truth be told, I'm just slightly too young to really have had Clark as one of my childhood icons -- although I have an aunt who actua...
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