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DOT DASH     Dot Dash is a pop band from Washington, D.C. and they are my kind of band, blending aspects of Wire and Mission of Burma with a strong under-pinning of power pop melody and hooks.  Check this song out and download below. [arrow style=”14.png” alignment=”center”] [linebreak style=”simple”] DOWNLOAD – “A Light in […]

MOVIE REVIEW “Escape from Tomorrow” by Doug Young Whistle WhileYou Watch “Escape from Tomorrow” Starring Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez; directed by Randy Moore This week’s column is written to the Disney songs “A Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins and “It’s a Small World” from the Disneyland ride, both written by Richard M. […]

MOVIE REVIEW “Don Jon” by Doug Young On a Scale of 1 to XXX DON JON Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson; directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the sexiest). That’s how Jon and his friends in the film Don Jon […]

  WHAT’S NEW – EARLY November [linebreak style=”simple”] WELL, here I am – finally – with a new “WHAT’S NEW”.  Talk about overdue?!   If yr interested in the reason why it’s been two months here’s some of it in one half sentence:   death of mother, too much work, 100 year-flooding in our area, overwhelm and […]

“The Not Lame Blog Re-Posting Series”   I just came across an old blog post from the long-gone Not Lame Blog from six years ago.  It has nothing to do with ‘power pop’ but it made me laugh out loud with my over-the-top writing style – very passionate, somewhat rant-ish(along the lines of Lester Bangs […]

LOST TREASURES by Peter Marston [linebreak style=”25.png”] MARSHMELLOW WAY “Marshmellow Way”   Marshmallow Way was a pet project for two well-known pop songwriters, Billy Carl (born Carlucci) and Reid Whitelaw, the men who wrote 1910 Fruitgum Company’s 1968 single, “Goody Goody Gumdrops.” After that song was a hit for bubblegum kingpins Kasenetz and Katz, Carl […]