CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
The classic sounds of the past are hard to beat. Johnny Tillotson is among the best to put on the record player or into the CD tray and listen to over and over again. The fullness of horns and strings adds a layer of pleasuire to his music. From 1964 the clean cut styling of Johnny [...]
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Your birthday today: Your positive and headstrong ways will carry you over many obstacles to success. You expect others to step aside, or be trampled on. You are influenced by praise and flattery, rather than by direct appeal or command. You have your family's respect and devotion. You have the company of no other birthday celebrants from the book, so perhaps you will flatter a few of these notables...
The LLama Butchers (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
The lads over at Leper Pop have a fun game going. Click the link above and then go to Cash Box 100 to find the top 100 tunes from the week of your birth. Select one that best represents you...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Another new year and I'm looking forward to catching some good music this year. I've decided to join the Stompin' USA trip along with my girlfriend and will be taking in the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Jazzfest and the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans and the Beale Street festival in Memphis among others. Not sure who will be performing yet, except in the case of the Ponderosa Stomp, where the...
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
To complete the series, here are the top scoring singles in my personal top tens for the years 1960 and 1961. Not all classics I admit, but there are some great 45s nonetheless: 1960 1. Wonderful world - Sam Cooke 2. I just go for you - Jimmy Jones 3. Only the lonely - Roy Orbison 4. You gotta move two mountains - Marv Johnson 5. Alley oop - Hollywood Argylls 6. Learning the game - Buddy Holly 7. Perfidia...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/25/2007
The Poet Laureate comes to our region, knowing that we use poetry in jaunty pop songs and to express our feelings in times of deepest sorrow. David Charters reports
Blogcritics.org (Free subscription) | 05/05/2007
This is the second of six reviews of DVD releases selected from the Quantum Leap "Rock 'n Roll Legends" series featuring stars of the late-Fifties and early-Sixties. This DVD series is quirky and uneven, yet manages to be both interesting and entertaining. These nostalgic releases feature live performances by popular stars, often years after they were in their prime, mostly at Little Darlin's, a nostalgia...
