Friday, June 28, 2024

La Fin De La Semaine Essay Question: Special "The Beast With Two Backs" Edition

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Okay, before we get started, here -- courtesy of my younger brother -- is this week's PowerPop Video Pick©. Music lovers and profession...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Hey -- Any Video Shot Where They Did the Last Scenes From Them! is Okay By Me!!!

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What can I tell you -- so far, the summer here in Forest Hills, a/k/a the Paris of the East Coast, has totally sucked. Which may be why I...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Slacker Wednesday

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Hey -- yesterday's Un-Rock post tuckered me out. Sorry. New music tomorrow, and a very cool Weekend Essay Question (hint: it's X-...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

A Desperate Cry for Help

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[Okay, you younger folks (if you're out there) -- I really need you to give me the proverbial hand. Read on and you'll understand wh...
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Monday, June 24, 2024

And Speaking of Gorgeous (An Occasional Series)

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From 2020, please enjoy the great Carla Olson , assisted by Peter Noone -- yes, the guy from Herman's Hermits -- and a killer and here...
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Friday, June 21, 2024

La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "A La Recherche du Bands Perdu" Edition

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And speaking as we were the other day about wonderful but unjustly forgotten Sixties NYC psych-folk rockers Autosalvage ...my friend and Bos...
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Thursday, June 20, 2024

A Picture is Worth 1000 Words. However, They Don't Tell You WHICH Words...

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Heh. Okay, sorry -- I got lazy today. A fun Weekend Essay question will appear on the morrow by way of atonement.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Great Lost Singles of the Sixties (An Occasional Series): Special "I'd Be Very Surprised if Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd Didn't Have a Copy of This Album" Edition

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From their eponymous 1968 waxing, please enjoy shoulda-been-contenders NYC folk/rock/psychedelic/proto-New Wave band Autosalvage and their ...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

And Speaking as We Were Last Week of Moby Grape...

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...I discovered this over the weekend and it just blew my tiny mind. That's the Grape's classic "Sittin' By the Window...
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Monday, June 17, 2024

Annals of Art Direction (An Occasional Series): Special "Hey, It's Actually Not So Bad!" Edition

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[The following is a true story. I first posted it here in 2008(!), but I've just tweaked it for inclusion in my forthcoming Greatest Hit...
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