One of my favorite rock bands of all time is the Australian/New Zealand combo Dragon. With the charismatic lead singer Marc Hunter fronting the band, they had a string of international hits like “April Sun in Cuba”, “Get That Jive,” “Sunshine,” “Rain,” “Western Girls” and a dozen and a half more. I eventually wrote an…
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“You’re wrong, Mr. Miller. You get a C-minus.”
Last Thursday at trivia, my teammate Jeremy McNamara, who besides being a killer Ultimate Disc player is also a chemistry professor – as an aside, J-Mac could rattle off the entire Periodic Table of the Elements without having to sing it Tom Lehrer style – was grading term papers in the middle of the trivia…
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I can understand if you’ve never heard of Normie Rowe. Unless you grew up in Australia in the 1960’s, Normie Rowe means nothing to you. However, a generation of Aussies considered Normie Rowe to be their 1960’s-era “King of Pop.” He took several ballads and Broadway songs, added big orchestration and a Merseybeat to them,…
Read More45 adapters: Stick it in the center hole
Okay, how many of you have seen that Facebook graphic on your friend’s wall, that goes something like, “If you know what this is, then you’re old enough to…” And they show this graphic. Does that look familiar to you? Yes? No? If you have old vinyl records, you know exactly what that is. It’s…
Read MoreDid Simon and Garfunkel get ripped off??
Okay, there’s this very popular song on the radio by a group called Fun., called “Some Nights.” You’ve probably heard it a few dozen times by now – it’s got a snappy military rhythm to it, a nice call-and-response chorus, it’s a very energizing song. And it was a great song – when Simon and…
Read MoreYour 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame betting sheet
Of the fifteen acts listed below, five of them will comprise the Class of 2013 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Your potential inductees are, in alphabetical order: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Heart Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Albert King Kraftwerk The Marvelettes The Meters Randy Newman N.W.A. Procol…
Read MoreHoney Boo Boo Style!
How many episodes of that Honey Boo Boo show have I ever watched? Probably less than none. How many times have I followed this “Gangnam Style” music video that has been popping up EVV REE WHERE? Maybe i watched it twice. But what if somebody took clips from the Honey Boo Boo show… and mixed…
Read MoreHere Comes Diamond Dave! LOOK OUT!!
At one time in my life, I had this dream of being a world-famous DJ, just like my idol Grandmaster Flash. I thought about rocking the microphone with my own crew, and then spinning the wheels of steel with two Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntables and a super-powered cross-fader. Oh yeah, I had those dreams. Did…
Read Morechesed shel emet – another promise kept.
It took longer than I expected. Fifteen years ago, I began a very successful writing association with Goldmine magazine. Let’s see. Eleven cover stories. Two dozen feature stories. Interviews with six different Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. A long-running “Collectormania!” column that eventually lasted for over a decade – the longest-sustained column in Goldmine…
Read MoreKISS, Hello Kitty… and toilet paper!
Fans of the legendary rock band KISS have been used to bassist Gene Simmons’ massive marketing of the KISS logo and facial makeup imagery for decades. If you could slap a picture of Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter on the front of ANYTHING, and pay Gene Simmons some money for doing so, then it happens.…
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