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A site that cares about music, real music. Music that changes lives and affects moods and thoughts. No boy bands. No Celine Dion. Zappa, Beefheart, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Tim Fite, Tome Waits, you get the idea.........
Recent Posts
On This Day – ‘We Built This City’ Hits #1 (despite being absolute crap)
On this day in 1985 Starship (ex Jefferson Starship, ex Jefferson Airplane, ex Airplane, ex Jefferson, ex Jefferson Steamboat, ex Jefferson Ric Shaw) made it to number 1 with an abomination. ‘We Built This City’ was written by Bernie ...
Michael Jackson – The Funeral, Court Judgements, It Just Goes On….
Michael Jackson was a great singer. His personal and financial lives were a mess. The wrangle over money continues. last week his father (Joe) lost his battle to get some money from the estate. He was also told that he could not challenge the ex...
On This Day – Patti Turns 60!
No not Patti Smith, Patti Santos. Patti who? The Patti with the wonderful voice that fronted the best West Coast band in the 60s. It’s A beautiful day. Granted, most of you will not have heard of them but think of it as an opportunity to brin...
Arrivals – 16th November
Born on this day, any more? 1938 Troy Seals (James Brown’s backing band) 1938 Toni Brown (Joy of Cooking) 1949 Patti Santos (It’s a Beautiful Day) 1962 Mani (The Stone Roses) Share on Facebook...
On This Day – Bowie Makes it to US TV!
It seems strange now to think that it was not until this day in 1975 that Bowie made it to national US TV. He appeared on The Cher Show singing ‘Fame’. Looking back it is easy for us to think that Bowie’s rise to fame was easy ...
Arrivals – 9 November
Born this day, any more? 1941 Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revivial) 1943 Lee Graziano (American Breed) 1948 Joe Bauchard (Blue Oyster Cult) 1944 Phil May (Pretty Things) 1969 Pepa (Salt and Pepa) Share on Facebook...

