Category Archives: music

A Not Very August Afternoon – The Beacon Street Union

August 28, 2016 – 11:34 am

Back in 1968 the two best Boston bands were Ultimate Spinach and Beacon Street Union. My best friend and I attended several of their psychedelic Saturday concerts on Cambridge Commons near Harvard. The longhaired coeds dressed like peasants. None of the hippie girls were fat and few wore bras. Chuckie and I hadn’t been to […]

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Florence Foster Jenkins – American Songboid

June 18, 2016 – 4:41 pm

Some people are just plain lucky. According to Wikipedia Florence Foster Jenkins (July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American socialite and amateur operatic soprano who was known and ridiculed for her lack of rhythm, pitch, and tone, her aberrant pronunciation, and her generally poor singing ability. Her audience came to see her […]

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Pride of Man – Quicksilver Messenger Service

May 9, 2016 – 7:52 am

“Of God Pride of Man broken in the dust again.” How apropos for these troubled times. PRIDE OF MAN was written by Hamilton Camp. Quicksilver Messenger Service recorded it for their 1st album in 1968. On LSD John Cippolina’s guitar touched every cells in your soul with the chagrin of greatness. More proof I’m just […]

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Dan Hicks RIP

May 9, 2016 – 3:02 am

In 1967 the songwriter/guitarist/vocalist DAN HICKS formed Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks with David LaFlamme later of It’s A Beautiful Day, two female back-up singers and another guitarist to steady the bassline. Sherry Snow and Christine Gancher doubled on percussion. I loved this band and especially their great classic SCARED MYSELF. Dan Hicks bailed […]

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The World Mourns A Prince

April 22, 2016 – 9:55 am

Paris Harlem. LA Minneapolis. New York. Throw on your purple. Prince lives in the path of the stars. In The Purple Rain Nebula To hear PURPLE RAIN, please go to this URL

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