About This Time 40 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1985!
A Hey Ah Ma Ma Ma! It’s Contributing Author and sometime Material Guy DJ Professor Dan, making a better day with commentary on what was happening musically around this time… in 1985
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Viral Moments: Six Odd And Unexpected Results From The COVID-19 Pandemic
It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years. 60 months since a terrible worldwide affliction spread across the planet. If only temporarily so, a disease with a clinical sounding name: SARS-CoV-2, changed just about everything: From the way we worked, … to how we socialized, … to the way we hoarded common items as if they were gold bullion. The pandemic had some truly strange consequences. While it was undoubtably a difficult time, the early 2020’s pestilence brought about some weird and unpredicted phenomena. Here’s a look at some of the stranger side effects of the COVID-19 era. The
Breaking Out of My Shell: Thoughts on Some Nuts (And One Nut-Adjacent Seed)
Few things in life are as satisfying as cracking open a fresh nut – or as maddening as finding one that refuses to open. With a selenium-rich scoop on the drupes, it’s (Contributing Author)
One Hit Blunders: Setting The Record Straight For The “One-And-Done” Recording Artists
You say you’ve been relegated to being just a flash-in-the pan? A mere one-trick pony? Well, fear not: For the defense, Contributing Author rollerboogie is on the case
Beyond Us vs. Them: Wrestling with A Vision of Goodness
It’s hard to imagine a more self-reflective and ‘unshakably good’ soul than our friend and Contributing Author Chuck Small. Just in time -here’s Chuck with commentary about the need for community healing
About This Time 50 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of March-ish 1975!
Hitting the high notes as always, it’s Contributing Author and Honorary Hobbit DJ Professor Dan, with what was happening musically around this time… in 1975
Musical Inventors #15: Les Paul, Part 1- Multitrack Recording
Contributing Author and Historian Bill “Virgindog” Bois is back with a new episode of his series that celebrates the innovations that made music better, and the people who created them
Set Condition: Rock – Cher And The Filming Of “If I Could Turn Back Time”
Join Guest Author Alex Chrisman as he connects the dots – from an iconic entertainer, to Tom Cruise… to Ronald Reagan, to… Steven Segal and Wally George?
From Liverpool To Leeds,This Is My Island: A Whistle-Stop UK Tour
Grab a bevvy and a meat pie: Your capable tour guide and Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds promises double-decker fun, odd accents, and traditional rivalries on a curated trip through The Land Of Shopkeepers
Ozmoe’s Fantasy Rankings: What If Classic Album Cuts Had Been Included In Billboard Rankings?
Come along with Contributing Author Ozmoe on a fantastic fantasy voyage that asks a fascinating “What if” Billboard chart question
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