incarnatus est (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
Cigarettes are bad but sometimes the songs about them are good. A paradox, I know, but listen ... "Smokin in the Boy's Room" by Brownsville Station ... a hilarious, wonderful song from 1973, not the silly Motley Crue version. "Teacher, don't you fill me up with your rules!" This is a great rock and roll record by an Australian girl group named the Spazzys. "We'll have something...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Last week, to mourn the end of summer but honor the nationwide pursuit of higher education, we asked for readers’ favorite School Songs. The beginning of September may mark the onset of a new school year, but Alice Cooper’s summertime classic “School’s Out” is still tops, barely edging Van Halen’s ode to sexy chalk wielders [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Smokin' in the boys' room Smokin' in the boys' room Now, teacher, don't you fill me up with your rules -Brownsville Station For the past...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
The last installment prompted a number of responses having to do with a couple of bands that I and some of the readers feel should have been more successful. I thought that before we continued with a little history, I’d give Popdose readers some titles from what I consider my “Greatest [...]
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
We have been occasionally heard to gripe here about the fact that some artists get pigeonholed as one-hit wonders even though they aren’t. I can name a handful who have one record that lives on in the hot rotation of oldies and/or classic-rock radio stations but who scored other hits in their heyday, some quite [...]
Risk Moment RES (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
10 Stocks to Shake the Market By Rich Duprey December 31, 2008 | Comments (0) Panic 2008… Profit 2009! Fool — Now’s the time to invest! David and Tom Gardner’s new book reveals their strategy for million dollar wealth. [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
What's the best concert you ever saw? I get asked that with some frequency. And I've got an answer at the ready: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Dec. 9, 1980. At the Spectrum.
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
So, how about that “Rock and Roll Part 2″? If you’re the sort of person who reads this blog regularly, you probably know the song I’m referring to, although many people who know the song don’t know its real title. It’s more commonly known as “the ‘hey’ song,’ since that’s the only word in it. After [...]
Panta Rhei T (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
The Greatest Hits of the 70'sCD 101. American Woman - The Guess Who02. Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf03. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band04. Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelious Bros. & Sister Rose05. Maggie May - Rod Stewart06. Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner07. Precious and Few - Climax08. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - The Hollies09. Go All the Way - The Raspberries10. We're An American...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007
Nodding to the twangier side of Rock City, local country songstress Justine Blazer will celebrate a new disc Sunday at Memphis Smoke in Royal Oak. "Red White and Blue" is the title of the Canton native's fourth release on her imprint, La Blaze records. It has already scored some radio love via the Wolf, the HD2 station of WYCD-FM (99.5).
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