Commercial television broadcasts began in the 1930s, but in real terms the boom didn’t begin until the ’50s.
Deep Cuts: Television Songs
Deep Cuts: Radio Songs
I love old radios. That’s my ’70s-era Fleetwood in the photo — ain’t it cool?
Deep Cuts: Jungle Songs
So I drove into Los Angeles, and it was every bit the jungle that Guns N’ Roses promised me. In less than 12 hours I had a run in with a cop, […]
From the Stacks: Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle! See Jungle!
Bow Wow Wow’s second full length album immediately sparked controversy due to Annabella Lwin’s lack of appropriate picnic attire. Mom made a fuss, and who can blame her: the singer was only […]
53. Try To Use A Mirror, No Bullet Or Knife
Despite its sprawl Boiling Springs High School was an oversized shotgun shack. An uninterrupted hallway ran like an artery from front to back door, the lettered A-B-C-D wings spreading out to either […]
Deep Cuts: Intro to WockaWoll Guitar
Back in the meedly-meedly-meedly ’80s when speed was the name of the game, a guitarist friend of mine said to me: “Nobody at a party will ask you how many notes you […]
