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- Roz Warren
It’s been 50 years since The Beatles first came to America, but even if you’re 64, their songs are probably as fresh in your mind as they were when you first heard them. Don’t believe me? Just take this test. Help! I need ____ l) a groupie 2) Insta…
- Tom Lashnits
I confess, I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the “oldies.” For a long time I listened to radio stations that advertised they were playing, “The songs we grew up with.” I kept my old albums and tapes and CDs.…
- Larry Pollack
When I was 9 or 10, I remember seeing a show called Supercar for the first time. My brother and I were apoplectic–a futuristic flying car fighting bad guys! And the puppets, I mean marionettes, looked real except for the weird bouncy wa…
- Pamela Sosnowski
Remember that time when Chevrolet released a folk rock album about safe driving featuring Carly Simon? I’m sure you have this gem in your music collection, right? No? Well, it happened and the result was called C…
- Rubin Hanan
When was the last time you listened to a Rap Song? Do you even know what Rap is? The music industry is dominated by Rap music, country music, pop music and the occasional classic rock song. Forbes reported in 2017 that Rap/Hip Hop music b…
- Manopause Team
For most of us, our love of movies started when we were children. But as with most things, our tastes changed when we got older. For instance, when I was a kid I used to think those old Beach Party movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello…
- Glen Granholm
Several years ago, just as the CD era was winding down, I bought a disc from a bargain bin at Walmart. The recording was by the band Foreigner, and it included several songs from the band live and in concert. My favorite track on th…
- Richard Basis
I suppose every generation has a genre of music that it most identifies with. The baby boom generation was defined by rock ‘n’ roll. We didn’t invent it but we were the first to be raised on it and influenced by it. It was practically part of our g…
- Richard Jones
I imagine many of you out there at one time or another imagined yourself up there on the stage, under the lights, guitar in hand, shredding your latest hit, vocally filling the stadium, with thousands of fans screaming your name. No? Maybe yo…
- Larry Pollack
So many musical artists from my youth are burned into my memory, and soul, and I’ll be writing about a lot of them in the months to come. One artist in particular stands out not only for his music, but for his life journey as well: Cat Steve…
- Tom Lashnits
When it was published in 2011, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean, received a lot of attention everywhere, including the front page of the New York Times Book Review. I happened to read the book, for complicated reasons, and I…
- Jeff Blumenfeld
You can only stare at Netflix and Twitter for so long. Now perhaps more than ever before, this is time to get wrapped up in a good adventure book. Before you set out on your own adventure or expedition, become a student of those who have gone befo…
- Larry Pollack
You probably remember Marcel Marceau, the “King of Mimes,” from watching the Ed Sullivan show or countless other variety shows in the ’60s and ’70s. Personally, I have never been a fan of mimes, especially the street version,…
- Richard Basis
If you’ve already read my first article about Celebrity Deaths and are now reading this one then I assume you share my interest in this topic. Good, then I don’t have to feel so weird about it. Personally, I am most intrigued by the stori…
- Richard Basis
Something transcendent happens when a beloved celebrity dies. Something that reaches across the country or even around the world. Something that touches people everywhere at the same time and connects them in a shared moment of loss and r…
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