The Rocky Horror Picture Show hardly was rock and roll’s first foray into blurred gender roles, nor was it the last. Since the dawn of rock in the mid-Fifties gender confusion has […]
Deep Cuts: Seven Decades of Sweet Transvestites
Deep Cuts: The Bromley Contingent and Then Some
There are a few revered flashpoints in rock and roll history, those moments that sparked the audience to go out and form their own bands — The Beatles appearing on Sullivan, for example. […]
Deep Cuts: Ten Songs To Hate School By
Songs about school date back to the beginning of rock and roll. Throughout the Fifties and Sixties they focused on just how keen and swell school is, and then Alice Cooper happened. […]
Deep Cuts: Weird Television Musical Appearances
Music television predates MTV — it even predates the Ed Sullivan Show — and as a kid I would watch any show with a special guest appearance. From Bobby Sherman on The […]
Deep Cuts: Eight Songs About Flying
Some kids are train kids, others go for cars. Me? I was an airplane kid. My ceiling was the backdrop to an epic, never-ending dogfight between plastic models bearing sticky fingerprints. Eventually I […]
Deep Cuts: Library Rock, S-Z
The home stretch! We’ve almost completed the A to Z of music based on literary works. This last batch has some nice twists and turns.
Deep Cuts: Library Rock, J-R
Are you all progged out from letters A through I? Let’s see what J-R holds. Here’s more music based on literary works:
Deep Cuts: Library Rock, A-I
Sting was hardly the first or the last musician to find inspiration in a book; in fact, there are enough book/music crossovers out there that I think I can put together a […]
Deep Cuts: The Kubler-Ross Breakup Playlist
Music must be administered to heal a broken heart. The exact dosage and length of each course varies per patient; however, there are a couple of uniform guidelines: Any non-gospel Al Green […]
Deep Cuts: The Greatest Bowie Song You’ve Never Heard
I’ve moaned a few times about how the great artists of the Sixties and Seventies struggled during the Keyboard Eighties. The great David Bowie is no exception, his worst crimes against humanity being […]
