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RIP Ric Ocasek
I wanted to spend an extra day regarding the Ric Ocasek’s death since he and The Cars were a huge part of my teenage life and musical education. Having grown up in downstate Illinois, I didn’t hear any Cars music … Continue reading
RIP Daniel Johnston
Local music hero Daniel Johnston passed away yesterday. Most of you all who don’t live around Austin are probably asking, “who?” I’ll go with the easiest answer. You may remember Kurt Cobain wearing a shirt with this weird frog on … Continue reading
KMAG is back!
Shortly around KMAG’s 17th anniversary, its ten-year home, a 2009 Mac Mini I bought mainly to host the stream and all the cool services Mac OS 10.6 Server used to have…crapped out. It only took me a week to ten … Continue reading
RIP: Kip Addotta
Kip was only a household name to fans of Dr. Demento and maybe anyone who caught the syndicated show Make Me Laugh. He first came to my attention while living in Indiacrapolis when the rock station responsible for not-funny Bob & Tom … Continue reading
A like-minded fan!
Only diehards know why six is the magic number with INXS. Anyone besides me and the car’s owner in the loop?
RIP: Johnny Clegg
I didn’t get into Johnny’s music with his band Savuka until I was nearing graduation from Marquette. The band had a pretty good appearance on SNL and I think Milwaukee’s smooth jazz station would play “Take My Heart Away” so I … Continue reading
Rock & Rule
Couldn’t pass up this Weird Wednesday offering at Alamo South Lamar since it’s a huge favorite of Somara’s. She has it on DVD somewhere too but with this being a Canadian movie with a tragic history, it was exciting to … Continue reading
RIP iTunes
It was a good run for software given how rapidly things evolve faster than human wisdom but the writing was on the wall since iOS had already separated iTunes’ functions into three apps. My brother has a very intriguing and … Continue reading
RIP: Leon Redbone
The enigmatic singer with the panama hat, deep voice and thing for really old songs is gone. The media covered is real identity enough and career just fine. I would prefer to write about all the joy he brought me … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Celebrity Obituary, Ragtime, Seventies, Tin Pan Alley
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New “ironic” outfit for Colby
While strolling about Austin’s downtown store, Wild About Music, killing time between Moontower showcases, I found a onesie of the Rolling Stones’ icon. I thought it would go well with my Muppet® Colby, appeal to his sense of irony in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Puppet Stuff, Music, Princess Cutie, Puppet Movies
Tagged Rock, Seventies
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Humorous shirt spotted at Pinballz (May 2019)
I like how Sonny Bono is replaced by Bill Macy, Bea Arthur’s co-star from Maude, while the artist maintained the contrast in the singers’ heights (calling Sonny a singer is pretty generous on my part). I think Bea, normally pronounced “BEE” … Continue reading
Force Awakens meets Duran Duran
My favorite Duran Duran album mashed up with the cool, newer character from the Star Wars saga. The minimal of colors and porcelain skin applied to Rey via the Nagel style works pretty well.
Todd Rundgren, an “Unpredictable Evening with”
Here comes yet another concert I attended over six months ago and finally posted about, Todd Rundgren. Even in a city with a somewhat exaggerated reputation for loving popular music, his name elicits either “who?” from most under 40 and … Continue reading
Record Store Day 2019!
It’s time for the annual Nerd Holiday season which is always kicked off with Record Store Day! Despite this year’s ambassador(s) being Pearl Jam, or as I call them Led Zeppelin for dumb Gen Xers, I found some great treasures … Continue reading