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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, November 30, 2017

RIP Jim Nabors

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Actor and singer Jim Nabors passed away, he was 87. This time of year has always made me think of Jim Nabors.  Yes, my very early year...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

RIP David Cassidy

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After a frightening few days, actor/musician/songwriter David Cassidy has passed away at the age of 67. We have lost more than a couple ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere

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Kansas: Miracles Out of Nowhere ~ I stumbled across this documentary the other night on one of the MTV channels, and it brought back som...
Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Glen Campbell 1936-2017

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I was sad to hear of Glen Campbell's passing earlier today, as I've always felt a weird kinship to the man. When I was but a wee...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

RIP Chester Bennington

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I had just come out of a movie with my phone off. It's amazing how much one can miss in a mere two hours. I'm not pardoning peo...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Sonny and Cher on Television

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There was a time back in the 1970s when variety shows were all the rage.  The closest thing we have these days are the contests like ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

La La Land

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La La Land ~ Already garnering awards and attention from critics since its soft release over the holidays, this is not only one of the b...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

George Michael 1963-2016

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Wow, 2016, you suck. George Michael, the singer-songwriter-producer born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, has passed away peacefully on Chr...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Lost Hits of the New Wave #42

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"2000 Miles" by The Pretenders Back in the day, before A Very Special Christmas came out, followed by several sequel album...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Alan Thicke 1947-2016

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While I was never a big fan of his most famous claim to fame, the TV series "Growing Pains," I'm going to miss Alan Thicke,...
Monday, December 05, 2016

Moana

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Moana ~ The Bride is a theater rat, and it's one of the few things we don't share often. I find Broadway dreary and boring. O...
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Thursday, November 10, 2016

Leonard Cohen 1934-2016

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Like many of my friends, and fellow fans and music lovers, I have no words.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Ghostbusters 1984

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Back in the early 1980s I had the perfect job, I worked in a record store at the mall. I watched trends happen on a daily basis. I witn...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Straight Outta Compton

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Straight Outta Compton ~ I find it hard to believe that this film was so ignored by the Oscars. The #OscarsSoWhite controversy becomes...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

The 2016 Eurovision Song Contest - Grand Final

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If you've been following my reviews of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Semi-Final 1 and Semi-Final 2 , and you're looking for...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

RIP Prince

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This is devastating. Everyone has those artists who they love, that whenever they come out with an album or any project, you simply, blin...
Thursday, April 07, 2016

Lost Hits of the New Wave #41

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"Blue Highway" by Billy Idol There was a time in the mid-1980s when Billy Idol, despite his look and punk origins with Gener...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Remembering David Bowie

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Last night's news of David Bowie's passing hit me hard. I was devastated. Many of you know I've been seriously ill for a mo...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Blunt Talk and Tunes

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This past week featured the premiere of the new Starz series "Blunt Talk" starring Patrick Stewart and created by Jonathan Ames...
Friday, August 21, 2015

RIP Yvonne Craig

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Actress Yvonne Craig, TV's Batgirl, has passed away at the age of 78 after a battle with breast cancer. This was not the kind of new...