Try as I might, I honestly can’t recall how I came to know the music of Flash and the Pan.
I am pretty sure, however, that my old pal The Hose had something to do with it. After all, he and I seemingly were the only ones digging the eccentric sound of Flash and the Pan [...]
Lost, maybe, but not wrong.
Sometime Monday, we had the 10,000th visitor to AM, Then FM in the four months we’ve been in business.
We hope you’ve enjoyed it, and we thank you for stopping by.
Now, at the risk of driving everyone away, here’s something else from my musty, dusty vinyl collection.
This one starts out with a [...]
Today’s recipe for tunes.
Take this:
My computer. My Christmas present from the lovely Janet.
Add this:
A new turntable. My birthday present from the lovely Janet.
You get this: The first cut from all my/our vinyl, 1,000 or so records gathered (and paid for) since 1970 and sitting idly by until now.
“Killer Cut,” Charlie, from “Fight Dirty,” 1979.
No particular [...]
After nine days of vacation, I have to go back to work on Monday.
I’m thinking about calling in well and staying out on the patio.
Today’s selection by Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, pretty much sums up what I’m feeling about work.
“Sick and Tired” was done first by Chris Kenner in 1957, a New Orleans classic written [...]
Yes, today I turn 50. Officially older than dirt.
Don’t feel 50, though. Still feel about 22.
Still not much better than good tunes cranked up.
Some stops along the way to 50:
First rock song I remember: “She Loves You,” by The Beatles. It was the spring of 1964. I was 6, in the first grade at Russell [...]
