A few weeks ago, we had the Academy Awards. I still haven’t watched the whole thing yet, but one of these days, I plan on checking out the show, recorded for posterity…
Category: Pop Culture
Rock music and presidential campaigns
Tom Scholz, leader and primary songwriter for the band Boston, is upset with presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. According to Sholz, Huckabee is using his 1970s smash hit song “More Than a Feeling”…
Not the same Pharaohs
So, I’m looking at the latest National Geographic magazine….. … thinking “WOW! I wonder if they’re thinking what I’m thinking…” … perhaps a nice acknowledgement of the very first recording of the…
The Organization Known as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
One of the most discussed topics in the rock music community is the organization known as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This week, there was an announcement about the latest…
KFJC Tomb of the Unknown LOUIEs, part 1
Twenty-four years ago, there was a crazy LOUIE LOUIE marathon that attempted to break all world records. For six months, there was a serious effort by college radio station KFJC to track…
RIP: Village Music & Sweetwater, Mill Valley, CA
I’ve been putting off this posting for some time. I’ve got way too many good memories, and I wasn’t sure how I wanted to address this. With less than two weeks to…
Countdown to the LOUIE FEST – 4 days to go..
Next weekend, I’ll be at the big LOUIE FEST up in the Tacoma, Washington region of the world…. the town of Spanaway, actually, participating in an event that willl attempt to bring…
RIP: Lee Hazlewood, singer-songwriter
Where I live in Northern California, I’m fortunate to experience some fairly decent weather, visit some great record and book stores, and see a lot of different musical acts. One of the…
Los Angeles rhythm and blues revisited
Two guys that are doing a lot to preserve some great history of Los Angeles 1960s pop culture are Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester, who’ve published some excellent articles with their Dumb…
July 7 = Rock and Roll History in San Jose
July 7th is a big day in rock and roll, both in history past tense and history about to be written. For some of you, July 7th is very important because Al…