Adjectives and Incidental Music
I know some of my blog friends are really into movie soundtracks. Great movie music can really help to enhance the story and the whole cinema experience. Could you think of “Star Wars” without...
Category: Music
The UK Top Twenty Singles for July 12, 1980
Another week, another year, another British Top Twenty Singles Chart! This week, we’re in 1980. So get your rock, disco, techno, punk groove thing on (this was a very confused time for British pop...
The UK Top Twenty Singles for July 7th, 1979
On Wednesday, I posted a video I made of the Top Twenty Singles in the UK Charts for the week of July 1st, 1978. Given the overwhelming popularity of that video (well, a couple...
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, and I know I haven’t been very active on the blogging front lately, so I thought I’d participate in Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk‘s What’s Up Wednesday this week. The concept is...
RTW: Outstanding Odes
This week’s Road Trip Wednesday/A-to-Z Blogging Challenge mash-up is sheer poetry. No, really–here’s the prompt: April is National Poetry Month! Share your favorite poem(s) or poet. I’ve never been much into poetry. Give me...
Five F-Songs
No, these are not songs with profanity in the lyrics (at least as far as I can tell). For something a little different on a Saturday, and in-keeping with today’s A-to-Z Blogging Challenge letter,...
Castellano’s “Abbey Road” and a Challenge for Writers
Last March, Juliana Haygert put me on to this guy called Richie Castellano. Richie plays guitar for the band Blue Öyster Cult, and he’s what I would call the musician’s musician. He’s a phenomenal...
Monday Misc: C-Pop K-Pop J-Pop
My 16-year-old SecondBorn daughter is currently teaching herself Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. To say she’s an Asiaphile is a bit of an understatement! So, noticing that the music I post tends to be 20+...
Friday Five: Top Five Singles 30 Years Ago!
It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of my Friday music nostalgia trips. Unlike before, I’m just going to pick the top five from one year, and present the music videos for...
