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HOLY BATMAN!! Boy, did I fall behind here but it did not mean that I was not accumulating information for you!  We’ll hit this all rapid-fire – read 1-2 sentence summary, click fast – digest.  Repeat. COTTON MATHER – Gotta lead with this one!  “Kon-Tiki” is being reissued with a bonus CD of extras and […]

JANGLY MUSIC PRIMER – THE 1990S by Eric Sorensen BACKGROUND: For this installment of my Jangly Music Recommendations, I’ll discuss artists/songs from the 90s. The “pop renaissance” that emerged during the 80s hit its full stride in the 90s. With the “downsizing” in the record industry, many artists relied on advances in multi-track and home […]

Pop Geek Heaven has a treat for you! Compiled by ‘jangle-expert’ and Pop Geek Heaven writer, “Jangle On!” is going to push out some smiles and is a nice book-end to the Pop Academy class that you can find HERE   DOWNLOAD THE FULL CD ARTWORK – HERE (to download the track below, just ‘right […]

  (Note from Bruce – apologies for the formatting of this post – I just could not get it flow and look right….)    Confessions of a “filmaholic” SHAME Starring Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan; directed by Steve McQueen   Good evening, everyone. My name is Critic Man and I’m a “filmaholic.” (The entire assembled group […]

E NJOY this sample from Toxic Melons album “Melon Jam” and THEN, at the end, download the entire album at the link at the very end of this post.  😀   DOWNLOAD, right click and save –  “Today Didn’t Go…” – HERE   Here is a letter to you all from Mr. Chief Melonhimself!  🙂 […]

An excerpt from the forthcoming BRIEF HISTORY OF JAZZ/ROCK by Mike Baron.  It may not be power pop, but it’s good music and it will be good!  ENJOY! ======================================================================== CHAPTER 18   “The Hook”   Music writers are always referring to a song’s hook, that sweet release that comes after the tension of the bridge.  Tension […]