Baby names inspired by Scottish boy bands, A Gene Simmons’ brownie mishap, and three weeks of voices going “AAAHHH!”: Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan serves up 1975’s most deliciously absurd musical moments – Tartan hysteria and helicopter rescues included.
An Icelandic layover becomes the perfect prelude to an unforgettable Dublin adventure. Contributing Author and intrepid traveler Bill Bois tells tales of lost luggage, warm encounters, and pints of Guinness to make this journey one for the books.
Ready for a nostalgia trip through the forgotten corners of the Hot 100? Well, of course you are. Contributing Author and chief number cruncherJJ Live At Leeds is on the case in this brand new chapter of Streams Of Statistics.
Five White Artists Whose Blue-Eyed Soul Fooled R&B Listeners
They sounded like they belonged on soul radio—because they did. But for many listeners, the surprise came later. Contributing Author rollerboogie takes a look at five White artists whose voices were mistaken for Black in the golden age of R&B.
Back with some of the oddest couplings since Billy Ray Cyrus and Elizabeth Hurley: It’s Contributing Author Chuck Small, bringing us an eclectic new collection of musical hand-offs…
Dateline, Dublin: Contributing Author and intrepid traveler Bill Bois deftly crosses the pond to catch a show featuring a unique and original act hailing from Scotland: Peat and Diesel.
This deeply personal piece from Contributing AuthorJJ Live At Leeds explores the uneasy intersection of football, politics, and moral compromise
Drawing from a father’s practical wisdom, it’s Contributing Author Chuck Small with a critical examination of two current Supreme Court cases affecting religious freedom in education
Try as he might, Contributing Author rollerboogie just couldn’t stop adding to this amazing personal journey through guitar history – sidestepping the typical “greatest solos” debate in favor of genuine emotional connections that have lingered in this music lover’s consciousness across decades
The Undertones: An unlikely rise from local outcasts to punk legends- with help from a devoted DJ and an unselfish advocate. Contributing Author and Punk Historian™ Bill “Virgindog” Bois for a story of underdog grit, radio passion, and the enduring pulse of Teenage Kicks
Virgindog is right. Look at The Book of Lists No. 2 that came out in 1980 (or 1981, I forget),…
This may be a generational thing. He was a regular on talk shows back in the day and appeared in…
I do too. I even liked her 80s pop album.
Over her we have Gareth Gates. Runner up on the first series of Pop Idol in 2002 as a teenager.…
Funny, I think if you'd ask most "with it" music fans in the 1980s and the 1990s which one they…