Bruno Mars’s OTHER halftime show
Looks like the Super Bowl wasn’t Bruno Mars’s first half time show. Let’s just say he’s come a long way to get to that stunning performance last Sunday. Anyone else…
When did Billy Squier’s The Stroke come back in style?
Back in my formative years (aka the 80’s), I devoured music videos on Much Music (Canada’s MTV) and Musique Plus (French Canadian Much Music). 1983-86 were like the Gold Rush.…
Strange cover: Ike & Tina Turner doing Alice Cooper’s “Only Women Bleed” (!)
(go to 6:25 in the video) Strange song selection for Tina considering the song is about spousal abuse, and Ike used to beat her up. Or maybe it was a…
Portrait of an addiction
The multiple forms my addiction to music takes. Every object in this image has meaning to me, or is a memento. The Cherry Sunburst Les Paul is the guitar I…
You know you’re old when the music of your youth becomes a musical
Yeah, I saw Rock of Ages last night. As any of my faithful readers may have guessed, my musical education happened mostly in the 80’s, with 1984 being the year…
It was 49 years ago today…
It was 49 years ago today that The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Their first US appearance broke TV viewership records and launched the British Invasion in…