Time flies. 1962 was the ‘official’ start to The Beatles history as far as we knew it. Their first single was issued in October. But before we get there, let’s start at the beginning. January 1, 1962 was the big day of the Decca audition session. Brian Epstein had become manager in November of ’61 [...]

Yummy, yummy, yummy, I got love in my tummy! Lots of great boxing day sales. Picked up a few great albums at the charity store. This strange week that lies between the celebration of the sun god’s birth and the holiday for Janus is perfect for listening to this wonderful stuff. Without further adoo: Like [...]

A Way Hey Hey!!! It looks like I’m the only one here tonight and maybe for the rest of the week. That means I can run around and yell as loud as I want, wear my shoes in here and leave footprints all over the posts, and play any old music I want that everybody [...]

Remember these guys? You may not appreciate it at this point but these guys were a sort of cutting edge rock and roll group for their time. They were a self contained song writing, performance and production unit, that lyrically addressed in any depth for the first time, the youth culture of California of their [...]

Hi kids: My home stereo quit some time ago and my car stereo quit some time ago and my computer, I don’t think will last a month, so it’s no wonder that I’m irritable and alienating all my friends with my crass, anti-social, self pitying behavior. But look at it from my point of view. [...]

As a self appointed cultural director in all of your personal lives, I strongly advise you to get these “Important Albums“, because one day, you will inevitably be on a boat for a ‘three hour tour‘ (yes that’s right, A three hour tour) and you will be shipwrecked with a millionaire and his wife, a [...]

In the late ’80s, David Letterman had a feature for a little while on his program featuring throwing things off of tall buildings. I only bring it up because my piece of crap computer, which is freezing up and ‘blue screening’ on a regular basis now is becoming a candidate for my own ‘throw it [...]

The Original Brother Sister Team! And Much Better Than Donny And Marie! I don’t listen to ‘muzak‘ like stuff. I also don’t intend to include ‘compilation albums‘ in this Important Albums series. However, this album is so much more than either of those things. Raised as CT then CA kids, the both of them demonstrated [...]

Bon Jovi everybody! Howsitgowin? OK. Here’s the deal: If you’ve been checking in regularly and not been finding new posts as often as you have in the past, don’t worry. We’ve all been kind of busy dealing with stuff like health issues, real jobs, being held without being charged, and everyday matters like that. But [...]

Howdy internet trawlmeisters: In January 1984 I taped (remember those days?) about an hour of my favorite radio program “The Original Import Show” on Toronto’s CFNY 102.1-The Spirit Of Radio. In the days before the internet, that was the only way to hear about the coolest new wave obscurites from Britain and Europe. After you [...]