
Here’s another playlist that started as a discussion in the Facebook music group that I manage. Last week’s “live tracks better than their studio cousins” list led to the suggestion of cover […]
Here’s another playlist that started as a discussion in the Facebook music group that I manage. Last week’s “live tracks better than their studio cousins” list led to the suggestion of cover […]
My mother loved everything about Christmas, and that included the music. I doubt she’d have much use for my playlists, though. Ma was more of a holiday traditionalist. Bust out the Bing […]
Some amazing music came out in 1990. By the time those little trick-or-treaters knocked on our apartment door that night, I’d spent what little expendable income I had on some brilliant records […]
The perfect album at the perfect time. Has it really been 25 years since I drove up the PCH, pining away while listening to Sinead spill blood in 4/4 time? If I […]
Sinead O’Connor barely caught the tail end of the ’80s. I don’t mean the actual decade so much as the new wave/post punk/college radio vibe that defined my decade. When her debut […]
One can sum up ’80s pop music with four artists: Bruce, Madonna, Michael, and Prince. In a way they were the last of the real superstars. The ’90s belonged to the anti-stars […]
So yeah, Ireland was an amazing adventure. My only regret is that I didn’t have time to meet my UK-based online friends while I was there. Maybe next time? And speaking of […]
Wow, last moments get a lot of action in music land. I have at least 150 “last” songs on my playlist, and that doesn’t include whatever’s in my vinyl stacks that remains […]
I’m pretty sure Prince didn’t sleep between 1978 and 1990. I’m not even sure that he sleeps now. Eighties radio was dominated by the unholy alliance of Michael, Bruce, Madonna, and the […]
The lost art of the mix tape. Yeah, we have playlists now and YouTube, but it isn’t the same. A mix tape said something, in my case usually, “I’m a very desperate […]