Jan and Dean

WE SAW THEM OPEN FOR JAN AND DEAN

Dave Barry's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/18/2008

The Incredible Surfing Rats (Thanks to Matt Filar)

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Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2008

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #175 : Spider-Woman, Joke Names, and Jan and Dean. I should get a paper shredder I think. Thor Dalek . Monks sign when sworn to silence. There's a short story by Paul Cornell available free on-line. The lie of the vaccine/autism link . How it started, with greed and bad science. I want the Atlantis one . The Bad Astronomer reviews The Mentalist and explains why it...

OBITUARY: Lloyd Thaxton TV Dance Show Host, Dies at 81

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

What came to be 'The Lloyd Thaxton Show' began in 1959 and was nationally syndicated in 1964. Amid the dancing teenagers and guest appearances was his unique brand of zany humor. Lloyd Thaxton, the host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s who memorably injected a visual zaniness into his daily rock 'n' roll party for teenagers, died Sunday. He was 81...

Lloyd Thaxton, TV dance show host, dies at 81

LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

What came to be 'The Lloyd Thaxton Show' began in 1959 and was nationally syndicated in 1964. Amid the dancing teenagers and guest appearances was his unique brand of zany humor. Lloyd Thaxton, the host of a popular Los Angeles TV dance show in the 1960s who memorably injected a visual zaniness into his daily rock 'n' roll party for teenagers, died Sunday. He was 81.

WFMU Playlist: Music to Spazz By with Dave the Spazz from Sep 25, 2008

WFMU's recent playlists from Music (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008

Playlist from Music to Spazz By with Dave the Spazz on WFMU, from Sep 25, 2008

Be True to Your School: Jan and Dean

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008

Saturday Song: Jan And Dean “Sidewalk Surfin’”

CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008

Warm summer days, plenty of sunshine, and good old rock-and-roll are the prefect combination for life in the city. Technorati Tags: JanAndDean, SidewalkSurfin’

TRUE CRIME: The Incompetent Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr.

The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008

It’s one thing when your kidnapper has to borrow gas money from you; it’s another when they ask for a ransom so low that the family volunteers to quadruple it. THE CAST Frank Sinatra, Jr., or Frankie as his father called him, was an accomplished pianist and composer who was a music major at UCLA in 1963 [...]

7/24/2008 - Hal Blaine to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Route 66 Rendezvous Cruisin' Hall of Fame Dinner

Inland Empire California (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Famed drummer of the sixties and seventies will receive Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of recording and performing.

Jan and Dean parody

Don Surber (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008

Roberta McCain. Widow. Mother. NASCAR driver.

Two girls for every goal

Power Line (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008

It's not quite the deal that Jan and Dean sung about in "Surf City," but that's the offer "socialite" Pyotr Listerman is making to Russia's players ahead of today's Euro 2008 semi-final match against Spain. “For each goal, I'll present two beautiful chicks" to the scorer, Listerman promises.

CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Jan and Dean Definitive Liberty Singles Collection Coming On Collectors' Choice on August 26

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008

42-song set on Collectors' Choice includes such hits as "Surf City," "Little Old Lady From Pasadena," "Dead Man's Curve," "Drag City," "Ride the Wild Surf," "Batman" and "Popsicle," plus Jan Berry solo singles and extensive liner notes and photos LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jan and Dean rode the surf wave to the top of the charts in the early to mid-'60s, and even introduced the sub-genre of hot-rod rock....

FORMER BEACH BOY TO GIVE FREE CONCERT IN OAK VIEW, JUNE 29 @ 7 PM

ximblr.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008

Philip Bardowell in Concert - Sunday, June 29, 7 pm at New Hope Church, 590 Old Ventura Avenue, Oak View. For more info go to www.newhopelive.net or call 805.649.2244.Born in Kingston, Jamaica W.I., and raised in southern California, singer/songwriter Philip Bardowell was introduced to music at an early age when he began piano lessons at [...]

Jan and Dean and Bob Greene

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008

After a while, when the hits stop coming and nostalgia becomes the main attraction, any rock star who wants to keep eating has to hit the dusty back roads of rock 'n' roll.

'Surf City' is home for Jan and Dean

USA Today (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008

After a while, when the hits stop coming and nostalgia becomes the main attraction, any rock star who wants to keep eating has ...