Erik's Choice (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
The Who at Greensboro were LOUD. Knowing their reputation for HIGH VOLUME going in, I brought ear plugs and am still glad I did. They played on all cylinders -- at the top of their post-Keith Moon game. Kenney Jones was the drummer. John Entwistle has since died (in 2002), so the only original Who members left to play the Super Bowl on Sunday will be Roger Daltry and Pete Townshend. I'll be curious...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 01/13/2010
I know that I have a tendency to dwell on the past, but it seems somehow sad to me that the release of a new album by a member of the Beatles no longer gets much attention, especially when it’s something new from Ringo. I suppose people still look forward to a new album from [...]
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 01/13/2010
Billy Squier was a worldwide megastar until the day he decided it was a good idea to show the world that uber-macho guitar gods could... dance around in a pink tank top and white satin sheets in a video directed by choreographer Kenny Ortega. Ortega of course went on to make such iconic paeans to testosterone as the High School Musical franchise and Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds concert film, but...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 01/12/2010
Is this guy stuck in the '80s or what? We love it!
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 01/11/2010
When a pole dancer's performance is paid for by the "Party of Family Values," it is a strange thing indeed. Until recently, the Republican brand had carried, for me, a connotation of moral superiority.
PowerPop (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fille de hoo-hah Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to Television City in Los Angeles, where we'll be taping the pilot episode of our new talk show -- Let's Hunt Down and Kill Joe Leiberman! Okay, I'm just kidding here, but a boy can dream, can't he? In any case, for whatever reason, further posting by moi will be sporadic for a day or two....
wjd8260 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
Happy Wednesday, friends. Just two days to go. All my decorations are up, all my housework is done for the week. All I have left to do is wrap a few gifts and I'm all set. Hope you're all just about ready as well. Many point to Billy Squier as early-'80s rock personified — an era when he and many of his peers tempered hard rock with pop melodicism — and by adding just the right amount...
Woot! - One Day, One Deal (Free subscription) | 12/22/2009
Christmas music: love it or hate it, you can't escape it. Rock 'n' rollers have been trying to make peace with the season since "Jingle Bell Rock", with decidedly mixed results. But who does it better, us Yanks or the Brits? Sounds like it's time for a no-holds-barred, hell-bent-for-eggnog throwdown between Merrie Olde England and the upstart colonies... Glam Singalong Division : this time...
donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 12/18/2009
Local bands doing ’80s power ballads sounds like a helluva good time to me. This theme night has been going on for 10 years but I was always afraid to attend because when I think of ’80s power ballads, I think of hair metal and my biggest fear was that some might do covers of [...]
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 12/14/2009
Watching that old George Thorogood video last night, it struck me how cutting-edge MTV seemed at the time and how quaint and innocent those old videos seem now. It sure would be nice to sit down with our 14-year-old son and watch something like that now. Of course, he’d roll his eyes and say, “Dad! That’s so [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Rolling Stone revisits the best music of the decade in our new issue, on stands now. We’ve unveiled the best albums and songs of the decade, and now our political expert Matt Taibbi reveals what he was spinning in the 2000s: I was one of those irritating suburban white kids who listened to hip-hop in the [...]
Pick Me! (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
In honor of my friend, Braidwood at Authentic Threads, I’ve decided to create a Cool Christmas Playlist. Since some of the songs were recommended by her last year, she might not have much use for it, but there might be a song or two there for her. I generally don’t like Christmas music. There are only [...]
newsman | 11/26/2009
The official Ed Begley, Jr. website. Read Ed's biography, his passion for the environment, and much more. ed begley jr - Google Blog Search Watch actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. get into quite the heated debate with Stu Varney on Fox News about the existence of global warming above! Thoughts?? Posted: November 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm Ed Begley , Jr . - Actor & Activist One such person in
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
After spending most of the ’90s failing to bull their way out of the local scene, Nashville power-pop foursome The Shazam developed some real momentum at the start of the ’00s, drawing international attention with the booming, crazily catchy albums Godspeed The Shazam and Tomorrow The World . And then… silence. Prior to the new album Meteor , The Shazam hadn’t released any...
Pink Candles at Ridgemont High (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
From his 1981 album, "Dont Say No", which spawned the hugely popular "The Stroke". Sorry this isn't an actual video, but more of a Billy Squier slideshow set to this song. This is one of my favorite Billy Squier songs. I was in 7th grade. I was into the Police, Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard and AC/DC. The radio stations (KGB FM 101.5 and KPRI 106.5) had this song on heavy rotation...
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newsman | 11/26/2009
The official Ed Begley, Jr. website. Read Ed's biography, his passion for the environment, and much more. ed begley jr - Google Blog Search Watch actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. get into quite the heated debate with Stu Varney on Fox News about the existence of global warming above! Thoughts?? Posted: November 25, 2009 at 4:45 pm Ed Begley , Jr . - Actor & Activist One such person in California...
domino75 | 10/02/2009
Couples Retreat is an upcoming 2009 comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn and Dana Fox. The cast includes Vince Vaughn , Jason Bateman , Kristin Davis , Kristen Bell and Malin Akerman. Couples Retreat is hitting theaters everywhere October 9, 20. Lyrics and soundtrack video Jessie's girl (Rick springfield) listen Modern love (David bowie) listen Lonely is
domino75 | 08/07/2009
Crank 2: High Voltage Soundtrack, Lyrics and Video . With Jason Statham Plot: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Lyrics and Video Keep on Loving You (REO Speedwagon) listen Tears on My Pillow (Little Anthony and the Imperials) listen The Stroke (Billy
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