Pop Geek Heaven

JANGLE ON! – October   If you’re reading this column in the final days of October or early November, then the Pop Geek Heaven site has successfully transitioned from its Beta phase to its more public identity.  For those of you who make an effort to keep up with jangly pop music, here is a […]

(Personal Note:  I am so happy and proud to introduce you all to the work of Doug Young.  Doug has written reviews for “The Colorado Statesmen” in Denver, Colorado.  He has twice won first place awards for his film reviews in the Colorado Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.  Doug always, always makes me smile – […]

Here’s the next part of my productivity exercise and book.  Make you check out PART ONE – HERE. Go ahead and download the next part – Part Two HERE   ================================================= I have been working on a book on productivity this year – from the perspective of a music fan. It’s kind of a personal […]

Ralph Covert & The Bad Examples are bonafide semi-legends in the world of Illinois power pop for over 20 years releasing a whole bunch of excellent albums.  Their second album from 1991 “Bad Is Beatutiful” is #138 on the list of the Top 200 power pop albums of all time as featured in the book […]

  THE MODULATORS   By Nicky Gee The Modulators unofficially began in the early 1980’s when Joe Riccardello walked into Vintage Vinyl Records, a small store in Irvington, NJ, and met owner Rob Roth.  After a few months, Joe started working at Vintage Vinyl and he and Roth started writing songs together (Joe wrote the […]