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Broken Hearted Toy
http://brokenheartedtoy.blogspot.com
Covers the entertainment scene with an emphasis on 1960s pop, garage rock, power pop, and cutting edge rock. Occasionally covers theater, art, and radio personalities.
- Added on: Oct 22nd, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Terry Flamm
- Listed in: Pop Rock
- Tags: alternative rock power pop garage rock the hollies 1960s pop cutting edge rock
Recent Posts
Graham Nash Interview - Part One
Pour that champagne, Bobby. It’s time to celebrate. That’s Nash, on the right, reading the news. Photo from The Hollies tour book. The Hollies will be inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as part of a ceremony to be held in New York on Ma...
Santa’s Grab Bag - A random sampling of some of the better Christmas songs around.
“Come Around” - Mindy Smith I first learned of this song in a column by Chicago Sun-Times rock critic Jim DeRogatis, who said it sounded like The Bangles. That’s all it took to reel me in. Appearing on Smith’s 2007 My Holiday CD, it offers r...
Holiday Heart
This is a review of the Holiday Heart compilation CD that I wrote for Amplifier magazine a few years back.On Holiday Heart, 44 acts deliver Christmas and Chanukah greetings in a variety of musical styles. The 2-CD set follows in the snow prints of 20...
Ho Ho Ho Spice - Part Two
In addition to being subtitled “a HOSPICE awareness and benefit project,” Ho Ho Ho Spice is described on the front cover as being “an ECLECTIC and FRIENDLY Alternative-ish Christmas Compilation.” I have to admit that even after owning this do...
Ho Ho Ho Spice - Part One
The 2004 release, Ho Ho Ho Spice offers a whopping 50 holiday songs on a two CD set billed as a hospice awareness and benefit project. Most of the tracks are original compositions, and they cover a lot of musical territory, including mainstream pop, ...
Christmas Time With Chris Stamey And Friends
Back in 1993, the release of a holiday album featuring The dBs and Big Star had visions of catchy songs dancing in the heads of power pop fans. Christmas Time by Chris Stamey And Friends not only delivered the gifts, it had the feel of an old-fashion...
