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An idiosyncratic blog dedicated to the precursors, the practioners, and the descendants of power pop. All suggestions for postings and sidebar links welcome, contact any of us.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Closed for Monkey Business

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CD Baby just sent me a fifty dollar royalty check for combined sales of The Floor Models CDs and the Fire Lane reissue. Gonna spend tod...
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Monday, January 30, 2017

Pete "Overend" Watts 1947-2017

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RIP Mott the Hoople 's bassist. I was lucky enough to see the pre- David Bowie Mott on a couple of occasions, and all the glam-era i...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Have a Great Weekend!

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And people say we Monkee around! Seriously -- real world concerns have impinged today. Actual power pop stuff resumes on Monday.
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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Mary Tyler Moore 1936-2017

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God, she was wonderful. And how cool is it that the theme to her sitcom was written by one of Buddy Holly's Crickets? You had spu...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

In the Immortal Words of Country Joe McDonald -- This Song Offends Even Me

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From sometime in the 90s, please enjoy my old garage band chums The Weasels and their canine masterpiece -- "Alpha Dog." Voc...
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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

French Cookin' Has Got the Blues (And I Don't Feel So Good Myself)

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From their swell new album If You Wanna , please enjoy the blues stylings of French Cookin' (featuring former Floor Model Glen Robert ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

Annals of Alternative Facts

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Okay, the events of the last three or four days have pretty much tuckered me out. Two brief observations come to mind, however. First of...
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Friday, January 20, 2017

Radio Killed the Radio Star (Part Deux)

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And for those of you who missed it -- and shame on you, obviously -- here's last Tuesday's episode of friend of PowerPop Capt. Al ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Total Victory is Ours, Comrades!

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So here I am on this week's episode of 70s80s90sNOW , for those of you who don't have SiriusXM radio. Pretty amusing, I think, a...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Closed for Monkey Business

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Yesterday's radio broadcast tuckered me out. Regular posting -- including an audio link to the show -- resumes on the morrow.
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