Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Take the PowerPop Challenge!!!

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And speaking as we were last week of the incomparable Brit chanteuse Sandie Shaw , behold in breathless wonder this 1966 clip of Ms. Shaw, a...
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Monday, July 30, 2012

Beyond the Canyons of the Valleys of Your Mind

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So the other day, over at the forever estimable Burning Wood blog, the proprietor (our chum Sal Nunziato ) posted an intriguing playlist of ...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

And Speaking of Gorgeous (An Occasional Series): Special Bilingual Edition!

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Chrissie Hynde appropriated her breathy vocal style (if not her barefoot stage act), and she's still pretty much my favorite white girl...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Have Guitar, Will Travel (An Occasional Series): The Present Day HoDad Refuses to Die

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From 1964, and recorded in a home studio in their garage (which is pretty damned amazing for 1964) please enjoy obscure West Coast surf gods...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Have Guitar, Will Travel

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From 1965 -- before an audience of slack-jawed Japanese fans -- please enjoy The Ventures and their incomparably twangy assault on Richard ...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

There's a Dirty Joke in Here Somewhere, But I'm Not Going to Make It

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So if you were here yesterday, you may recall I found myself enamored of The Singing Strings of Ernie Freeman , as heard on the otherwise ex...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Why Didn't I Get the Memo? (An Occasional Series): Special Hey, This is Bad! Edition

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From 1962, please enjoy -- if that is the precise word -- Miss Vicki Carr and the original non-hit version of Gene Pitney 's classic od...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Friday at the Movies: Special Attack of the Killer Criterions Edition

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You know, I've said it on numerous occasions, but some days I really love my phony baloney job. And very often those days are when the M...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

"Hmm...Somebody seems to have slipped a fish into my martini."

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From 1960, pleathe please enjoy America's Poet Laureate, the immortal Percy Dovetonsils , and his "Ode to Stanley's Pussycat....
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Tales From the Real World

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Actual important stuff to do today. Regular blogging -- including a review of the "new" album by America's Poet Laureate,...