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Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”
June 14, 2010 – 10:25 PM | 32 Comments
Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”

The Anti-Word Of The Day is, as you have probably guessed, not a word or term I want to catch on, but rather one which I would like to drop headfirst into a vat of …

The Vine: March 31, 2010
March 31, 2010 – 2:57 PM | 19 Comments
The Vine: March 31, 2010

It’s another on-the-road Ask The Readers; today’s theme is missing songs. Go!
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Hoping one your readers can help.
Years ago I was a nanny — the kids had a great cassette tape (this proves it was years …

Posters and vampires
December 8, 2009 – 9:16 PM | 9 Comments
Posters and vampires

From Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth:
Morrison was immortalized first by death at 27 and then by three generations of college kids who needed a poster to cover up a creepy-looking stain in their dorm …

Contest: The Final Countdown
October 28, 2009 – 8:32 AM | 35 Comments
Contest: The Final Countdown

Head-banging synchronized with synthesizer chords compliments of Europe.   $266,851 compliments of Tomato Nation, Asirda, HP, Jenn and Wiley, and $ and His Mysterians.
And like the little green Jedi once said…there is another.
A gentleman …

The End Of Side A = The End Of An Era
October 22, 2009 – 10:12 PM | 53 Comments
The End Of Side A = The End Of An Era

What ever happened to Toad The Wet Sprocket? You know, the “All I Want” band from the ’90s?
…No? “Walk On The Ocean”? Not ringing a bell?
I’d forgotten I even owned that album until iTunes DJ …

3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June! Freeee!
June 29, 2009 – 8:45 AM | No Comment
3-2-1 Launch: Monday 29 June!  Freeee!

Come on down to the Bell House on June 29 at 7 PM for a FREE Night Of Rock, to celebrate the launch of two new Brooklyn-based businesses — King Killer Studios and xtrapulp — …

The bitter end
June 25, 2009 – 11:00 PM | 63 Comments
The bitter end

It all happened very fast — within a couple years of the Motown special. But even at the time of the “Motown 25” moonwalk, fame was old hat to Michael Jackson. He hadn’t even turned …

DVR Crush: Behind the Music
March 19, 2009 – 10:49 AM | 24 Comments

It’s baaaaaaaaack!

Shut up, St. Patrick’s Day
March 16, 2009 – 8:29 PM | 99 Comments
Shut up, St. Patrick’s Day

Ireland, Irish people, Irish culture, Irish Spring soap, Kathy Ireland — I’ve got no beef with them, corned or otherwise.   I could do without shitty Oirish accents of film and television, but that’s not …

Support Local Business: The Kites play King Killer
January 29, 2009 – 9:10 AM | No Comment
Support Local Business: The Kites play King Killer

Please join me at King Killer Studios on Saturday January 31 for a show by The Kites (the handsome peeps above).   Their punishing metal riffs…no, wait, they’re a folk trio, but Nat can probably …