Happy Mom’s Day, now listen to George Michael
A Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, including my beautiful wife and amazing mother, Myra. My own mom gave me the year off, as she’s currently traveling across England’s Lake District – on foot. She has my…
The Future is Now
Hey, it’s my first post from my sweet new iMac! I tell you, there’s a lot of different little habits I need to break and re-acquire. Right clicking, for example. You don’t get the ol’ right click menu in Mac.…
Friday Flashback: Richard Marx
The CD single of Richard Marx‘s “Hazard” was the latest disc my 1 year old grabbed out of my CD rack. It prompted me to toss it in the CD drive and have a good listen. Early 90’s cheese? To…
Elisa: Oooh This I Need
If there’s music with Prince’s fingerprints on it, there’s a good chance I have it (well, I never did buy Good Question). This includes Prince’s work with Elisa Fiorillo. He produced about half of her 1989 album, I Am. Elisa…
Amy Winehouse’s Rehab: No- No – No
Though this song has been featured about a bazillion times on other music blogs, it’s possible some of you fine folks have not heard it. I just heard it last week for the first time. British singer Amy Winehouse lives…
Whatever Happened to Andre Cymone?
February 2014 Update: The Stone – The Return of Andre Cymone Andre Cymone, to you non-Prince freaks, was Prince’s childhood buddy and the first bassist in Prince’s touring band (before they were known as the Revolution). He left in 1981…
The Sleepy Jackson
Luke Steele. If that isn’t a name destined for show biz, I don’t know what is. Luke is the main man in The Sleepy Jackson from Perth, Australia, one of the most isolated big cities on God’s green earth (The…
Flip, Pinto, and the Dead
Time to promote! Here are a few goodies sent my way, completely and utterly unrelated to eachother. Lil Flip’s New Video: Yes, this man looks like he would very much like to eat your children. But that’s just Lil’ Flip.…
How to Unravel a Good Thing: Gary Glitter and Kramer
I was listening to Joan Jett’s radio show on Sirius’ Underground Garage (the brainchild of E Street’s Little Steven). She kicked off the show by spinning an old Gary Glitter tune. This tune comes from 1973’s Touch Me, Glitter’s second…
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
I’ve never been a Cure nut, but something about their 1987 album, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, caught my ear around that time. I was working at Camelot Music in a Racine, Wisconsin mall before I went off to…
