Category Archives: music

The Beauty of FREEBIRD

July 15, 2018 – 5:55 am

My youngest brother’s health suffered a precipitous decline in 1995. The experimental drugs had failed to stem Michael’s ruthless aliment’s advances. I received a telephone call from my older brother in Boston. I was running a nightclub in Beverly Hills. He told me the bad news. The next day I was on a plane to […]

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The Death Of Disco

April 14, 2018 – 8:47 am

Punks prayed for the death of disco in the 1970s. Few were ready for Blondie’s dive into the dance genre with HEART OF GLASS and RAPTURE. Disco thrived into the 80s. Rap attempted to assassinate disco only to become another sub-species of the zombie dance music. Michael Jackson’s THRILLER LP sold 65 million copies, beating […]

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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS Aquarium

March 11, 2018 – 2:20 pm

During my trip to 2009 trip to Russia I was lucky enough to encounter Seve Gakkel, the cellist of the famous Soviet era band Aquarium. The band dated back to 1972, when Boris Grebenshchikov and Anatoly Gunitsky joined forces with several musicians to play art rock at a Leningrad restaurant. The KGB hated the music, […]

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WHO DO YOU LOVE – Tom Rush

March 3, 2018 – 2:14 am

This cover of a blues classic was played on WMEX. Electronic. A growling voice. Tom Rush “A little bitty chimney made of human skulls.” Go to this url to hear WHO DO YOU LOVE For a related article click on this URL https://www.mangozeen.com/2010/03/10/travel/tennyson-walk-the-isle-of-wight-1985.htm“>

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WHEN FAT MEN FLY by Peter Nolan Smith Chapter 1

February 28, 2018 – 11:17 am
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