Monthly Archives: July 2010
That ’70s song, Vol. 29
As July turned to August in the summer of 1970, a 13-year-old kid who lived a few blocks from Lake Michigan was starting to figure out that although there were many wonderful songs pouring out of his Panasonic AM-FM radio, … Continue reading
That ’70s song, Vols. 27 and 28
There must be something wrong with me. It is sunny, scarcely a cloud in the sky, and 85 degrees on this summer day in Wisconsin. I am sitting inside, listening to music and writing. It isn’t all that different from … Continue reading
‘Just too awesome for words’
No tunes today, just a postcard from the road. We are home from the Warped Tour stop in Indianapolis, where we found rock ‘n’ roll to be alive and well. Tuesday was a sun-baked 91-degree day we won’t soon forget. … Continue reading
Red, white and blue
Here’s some music for your Fourth of July party. We have some red, some white, some blue, but no Greenwood. Red. “Red Hot,” Marcia Ball, from “Gatorhythms,” 1989. Yes, she is. This is not the old rockabilly tune that was … Continue reading
That ’70s song, Vols. 25 and 26
Amazing Records, our local used vinyl record emporium, is all but gone now. Jim thought he’d close the store at the end of April. That became the end of May, and then the end of June. They were lugging the … Continue reading
