The Friday Flash Review with Jon Deutsch : Simon and Garfunkel’s “America”
As ever: Contributing Author Jon Deutsch rises up to the challenge and breaks down a true classic, in another of his awesome “Friday Flash Reviews”
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It’s The “Sexy 16:” The TNOCS “Greatest Imaginary Band Name” Bracket Challenge! Vote Now!
We’re too sexy for…. The Sexy 16! As voted by you, and painstakingly tabulated by Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois, here are the latest to advance in the bracket. Make your choices heard – next round voting is open now
The Forgotten Generation
“Even if nobody remembers
I won’t forget those days
We didn’t think that soon becomes forever
We’d be goin’ our separate ways”
Reflecting in prose and song on the ‘where,’ the ‘when,’ and the ‘how’ he fits in, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 12: Seriously Reeling
“Not a simple fable wrapped in extravagantly odd clothing, but an uncomfortable glimpse into the more absurd and nightmarish aspects of the modern world.”
It’s the latest from Contributing Author and Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
The Fantastic 40 – Episode 4: Top-40 Chart Domination for 1983
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of the first CD, the final Episode of M*A*S*H, and: The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1983
A Milestone: The One-Thousandth Number Ones Column
It’s an absolute fact: if not for an epic deep-dive into the pop charts by a renowned music writer, there would be no tnocs.com. Contributing Author Ozmoe is here to help us celebrate the 1000th Number Ones Column from our friend, inspiration, and fellow music maven Tom Breihan.
Nominate A Favorite for the September 22 Friday Flash Review !
Battle scarred- yet undeterred from the “Wedding Bell Blues” review…
it’s Contributing Author Jon Deutsch, here to accept your challenge for another of his awesome Friday Flash Reviews. Nominate your favorite in the comments below
It’s The “Terrific 32:” The TNOCS “Greatest Imaginary Band Name” Bracket Challenge! Vote Now!
As voted by you: Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois presents The Terrific 32: The Greatest Imaginary Band Name of All Time! Make your choices heard – Voting is open now
Polls Apart: Rolling Stone vs. Billboard – The Singles
Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds brings the chart-stat science, the facts and figures, and even a handy punctuation guide in his look at Hit Singles, ‘Stone vs. ‘Board style
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 11: Streaming Live
“Our lives are defined by the inexorable passage of time. We grow older, our priorities change, our relationships change, and the world around us changes, sometimes beyond our recognition.”
It’s the latest from Contributing Author and Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
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