
The Making of My Billboard Book
Last time out, Contributing Author Ozmoe blew us away when he matter-of-factly told us about his TV-book writing. And if you were surprised by that? Well… just check out his latest “big reveal”
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Last time out, Contributing Author Ozmoe blew us away when he matter-of-factly told us about his TV-book writing. And if you were surprised by that? Well… just check out his latest “big reveal”
Join Contributing Author Napoleon Of Birds once again, for a chart-tastic look at four more great recordings that just managed to squeak into single digit territory
Blood for a Coming Storm
”The past hundred years or so of art were dedicated to unleashing primal emotions for the sake of radical social change.”
It’s the latest from Contributing Author and Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
“Live! From ‘The Our Lady of Ipanema’ Lounge”
In this final chapter of his mini-series, Contributing Author and good friend rollerboogie brings us to present day of his lifelong journey, at the unlikely intersection of where faith meets jazz
Top-40 Chart Domination for 1980
We all love seeing how well our favorite songs did during a calendar year. In this first episode of a new series from Contributing Author Chuck Small, he has an interesting new spin: focusing on the artists themselves. See how your favorites tallied up, starting with 1980
We would never suggest that Contributing Author Jon Deutsch is anti-matrimony, per se… but he definitely is not marching down the aisle for this one. Here to decode it all for us: it’s another “Friday Flash Review”
Break out the Barbasol: Here to support both the hirsute and folically challenged, it’s Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois. He’s back with this week’s new episode of Theoretically Speaking. Bonus points for the “Wheaties” reference
Proving once again that you just can’t keep a good weird record down, it’s Contributing Author JJ Live At Leeds, with a collection that will shock, stun… and inexplicably: make you want to eat a cheap lunch in Bangor
The College Years- The Beat Intensifies
Making the most of frayed nerves, living away from home for the first time, and room-temperature roasted chicken, it’s Contributing Author rollerboogie with Part Two of his miniseries, “My Life in Jazz”
Part 7: Bottoms Up
”Man, these prudes had no idea what other movements were stewing in black communities, getting ready to rise up and change the world.”
It’s the latest from Contributing Author and Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
That final line is a stirring way to sign off. Look forward to seeing what the future brings for tnocs.…
RE: Pressing Item 1 of 2: Chuck's the man. Also, mt58. RE: Pressing Item 2 of 2: Good call! Also,…
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