Category: B Sides
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THANK YOU MR. JONES
With producing credits for legends such as Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Lesley Gore, and Donna Summer, his impact on contemporary music is legendary. He embarked on a journey that had him starting a life as a touring musician, serving as Dizzy Gillespie’s musical director in the 1950s. Jones went on to arrange songs…
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PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT
However, rather than determining whether albums would be labeled (nineteen record labels had already voluntarily added advisory stickers a month earlier), the Senate hearing would provide a chance to hear all sides. John Denver, for example, spoke about his own experience with censorship when his song “Rocky Mountain High” was thought to be about drugs.…
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Meg Elsier Raises the Roof
I brought my niece, Becca, as my plus one guest and didn’t know what to expect when encountering this rising star. Meg Elsier is just 30 years old- as is my niece- and she is quickly rising up the ladder of stardom in the industry. Nashville Scene magazine just awarded her the Best Indie/Rock Debut…
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Songs of a Lost World
The album is titled Songs of a Lost World and the group had already dropped two tracks from the LP on streaming services. So why did it take so long for this record to be produced? The project has been long discussed by Robert Smith throughout several interviews. When talking to the LA Times in…
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Catchfire takes you to the ‘Wild Side’
The rattling echo from the burning words and instrumentals stays with the listener even when the song is silenced. It is now out there in the ethos for others to discover- for that is all that we can do. We create and place our art in the world for the scavengers to find. This track…
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Let Them In!
There are so many other great bands that haven’t made the cut either. Groups like The Guess Who, DEVO, Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies, Soundgarden and on and on. I surmise that the walls are only so big and that this “committee” can only select few, but my rebuttal is C’MON MAN!
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Thanks for the Memories
A look at the music from the Closing Ceremonies at the 2024 Summer Games The Olympics have come to a close and we are left with some great moments. We saw individuals and teams excelling at levels that we can only dream about. We cheered and screamed at our television sets and always had something…
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Tenacious Done…For Now
Tenacious D is under fire for Kyle Gass’ Comment This past weekend while performing in Australia, the comedy rock duo, Tenacious D may have gone a little too far with their sense of humor. The day after an assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, in which a bullet grazed his ear,…
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