Warren Zevon was born on January 24th of 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. His first album was 1969′s Wanted Dead or Alive. 1978′s Excitable Boy was his greatest commercial success reaching #8 on the US album charts and featuring the single “Werewolves of London” which hit #21 on the US singles charts. Zevon died on September [...]

Anita Pointer was born on January 23rd of 1948 in Oakland, California. Anita joined her younger sisters Bonnie & June to form The Pointer Sisters in 1969. Her old sister Ruth joined the group in 1972. Bonnie left the group in 1977. The three remaining Pointer Sisters (Anita, June, & Ruth) had great commercial success [...]

Dear Alice Kim, I greatly enjoy “A Walk in the Park” and could listen to this song quite often. It almost reminds me of something that would have appeared in one of those Jill Clayburgh films of the 1970’s, such as “An Unmarried Woman”. There is something slightly melancholy about “A Walk in the Park”, [...]

Bradley Nowell was born on January 22nd of 1968 in Long Beach, California. He was the lead singer and guitarist for Sublime. Sublime released three studio albums. Two indie label albums before Nowell’s death and one major label album shortly after his death. 1992′s 40 Oz to Freedom was their debut album and it has [...]

So I came across this video (I don’t remember exactly how, officer) and I watched it for 35 seconds (the “which backstreet boy is gay?” line) until I realized it wasn’t the original. I’ve found out it’s a Weird Al-type song called “Which Backstreet Boy Is Gay?” (based on “I Want It That Way.”) What’s [...]

Emma Bunton was born on January 21st of 1976 in England. She is more well known as “Baby Spice,” one of the five members of the British pop group the Spice Girls. She’s the youngest member of the group (that’s where the “baby” name comes from.) The Spice Girls’ 1996 debut album Spice (released when [...]

Ron Townson was born on January 20th of 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is most well known as a singer for the group The 5th Dimension which had a number of hits in the late ’60s and early ’70s. He was one of the founding members of the group along with Billy Davis, Jr., [...]

Microsoft has a program out now called Songsmith that creates music to go along with whatever vocal you sing into it. Some folks have had some fun with this by playing the vocal tracks of well known songs into the program to see what kind of music it would create for those songs. Check these [...]

John Wozniak was born on January 19th of 1971 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for the alternative rock band Marcy Playground whose 1997 self titled debut album was a substantial commercial success (it is certified Platinum by the RIAA.) The album contained the hit single “Sex and Candy” [...]

Fleet Foxes were on SNL this weekend. Their self titled debut album released on June 3 of 2008 was many music critics choice for album of the year but the song embedded below was not from that album, it was from the Sun Giant EP released on February 25, 2008. “Mykonos” Live On SNL 1/17/09 [...]