You know what I was doing precisely forty-eight years ago, February 9? Sitting far too close in front of my family’s Zenith television, bouncing up and down to the hitherto-unheard – not to mention utterly […]
Never as naughty as the Rolling Stones, nor as pin-up perfect as Herman’s Hermits; seldom as musically adventurous as the Yardbirds, nitty-gritty as the Animals, or full-on bombastic as The Who. Of course, as truly […]
Precisely fifty-three years since the music supposedly died, TEN REASONS WHY BUDDY HOLLY STILL MATTERS 1. THE CHIRPING CRICKETS Buddy Holly, alongside rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and drummist-extraordinaire Jerry Allison, formed […]
ALL TIME TOP TEN POWER POP PEOPLE (in chronological order) Certainly we could all be arguing blue-faced until that mythical Next Big Thing finally arrives over just what exactly IS Pop, Powerful or otherwise. Why, […]
“No more Beatles! No more Stones! We just want the Viletones!” went the cry of true teen angst ‘round my Toronto neighborhood circa the Summer of Hate, 1977. And, memories of my favorite punk-rock combo […]
I certainly tend to agree that, in the infamous words of no less an authority on all things Laurel Canyon, California as F. Zappa, most rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who […]
As those Beach Boys prepare to do it again for their 50th Anniversary, Gary Pig Gold reminds us of….. TEN REASONS WHY BRIAN WILSON: SONGWRITER, 1962 – 1969 SHOULD BE THE LAST BEACH BOYS DOCUMENTARY […]
“He knew how to produce records very well. He had a very strong spirit for recording music. He was a great producer.” When no less an authority on making records as Brian Wilson spoke those […]
Attention, music fans and pop culture connoisseurs everywhere: Your assignment today is to gather together in one medium-sized concert facility, for one evening only, one dozen of the world’s most popular entertainers. Age, style, size, […]
Being eight years old in the Toronto suburbs of 1963, I was at the perfect age – and in the perfect place – to, yes, Meet the Beatles. Because by the time “those four youngsters […]
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