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RIP Buster Bunny VI
Rather bummed but my second iPod Touch (from a long line of iPods!) finally gave up as its battery swelled after a decade. Then it became too much effort to keep operating as the home button (some call it a … Continue reading
Let’s hear it for Placebo!
Placebo’s lead singer Brian Molko calling Italy’s current PM a “Fascist, racist” is on target and certainly better news than Danny Elfman finally being outed as a Louis CK piece of shit; unlike Ariel Pink, I’ll keep my Oingo Boingo … Continue reading
Not really a Hipster, but definitely my ex-roommate
My second roommate in college, Chris aka Pee Wee, was nuts for the Smiths and REM. I know, it’s amazing we got along for any amount of time. REM I could handle in tiny doses since their fans were on … Continue reading
1973: Queen debuts with “Keep Yourself Alive”
I discovered this piece of trivia via NPR but they unfairly framed is as the debut of Freddie Mercury’s voice. Yeah, smooth move NPR, if you knew shit about Queen. They were a unit, a democracy as well as a … Continue reading
RIP Tina Turner
A well-loved singer across two generations. The Boomers who knew her in the early days with her then husband Ike, performing with the Stones, The Who (I remember her as the Acid Queen in Tommy) and others. Made the CCR … Continue reading
KMAG finally reaches 17,000 songs!
I finally, finally got my stream and source material for the podcasts up to this long overdue number; what it should’ve been by August 7, 2017! Looking back…hey, I hit 16,000 a little over a year ago. I’m getting better … Continue reading
RIP Frank Kozik
Sad to find out Frank died suddenly and he wasn’t very old, a mere 61, which is somewhat early in this era. If you think those PowerComputing posters look familiar, you’re right. In the Nineties, Frank was the go-to guy … Continue reading
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Tagged Nineties, PowerComputing
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Tom Jones!
I haven’t written about the concerts I’ve attended in years because I got behind then decided, the hell with it. However, I couldn’t let Tom Jones appearing in Austin slide! At 82 going on 83, he’s still got it. Women … Continue reading
RIP Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon’s voice was a constant when I was growing up in the Seventies. In my opinion, he was the leading artist towards the formation of Adult Contemporary as a radio format. Sure you’d hear him on Pop stations (WLS, WGN, … Continue reading
RIP Harry Belafonte
Sorry to delay such a pretty cool guy. People still know his “Banana Boat Song” to this day. I often hear it at the local hockey games and it was a key scene in Beetlejuice. Harry had a great episode of The … Continue reading
1983: Weird Al’s first album!
The world is a better place thanks to his 40-plus-year run! Although Weird is a hybrid of several previous singles Al released intertwined with newer material (for 1983), it remains a great album. The five parodies present have held up like … Continue reading
RIP Seymour Stein
You may not know his name but you may know his label, Sire Records. You better know the numerous artists he signed: The Ramones, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads, The Smiths, everything but the girl and (unfortunately) Madonna. Although Sire was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Celebrity Obituary, Eighties, New Wave, Seventies
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RIP Burt Bacharach
Digging out further thanks to COVID-19 but I can never ignore this awesome gentleman even if his music wasn’t really, directly, my thing. He influenced who I liked and provided a great Monty Python joke in The Meaning of Life. Hang in … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Popular/Mainstream Culture, Seventies, Sixties
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UGH! This guy at every Austin concert now
I love toys, it’s no secret!Some of my fellow Tribe members “collect” action figures. Me, whatever! I just toys are fascinating, fun and something we need to encourage children to engage with and enjoy. Pull the tablets, phones and vidiya-games … Continue reading
January 2023 Header explanation!
Although Rio was released way back in 1982, by this time Duran Duran was all over the radio and I think they would go on to be the musical guest of SNL. What a fun talk that was with my classmates … Continue reading