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Let’s do the “tell it like it was” all night long!

MY ATTENTION remains focused on Tell It Like It Was, my new publication on Medium. And Tell It Like It Was remains focused on music—mostly music of the ’60s but we will get into the rock & roll and rhythm & blues before and after that decade eventually.  [Read more] “Let’s do the “tell it like it was” all night long!”

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announcing a new publication on medium, “tell it like it was”

MY APOLOGIES for neglecting regular readers of my blogs for the past few months. Fortunately, there is a good reason for this that has nothing to do with those silly rumors circulated by the VRC that I had run off and joined a progressive commune in Vermont left over from those hippie-wannabe days of yore. [Read more] “announcing a new publication on medium, “tell it like it was””

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yummy yummy yummy julie london’s got love in her tummy

ANYTHING WITH “BEATLES” on it was hot property in the ’60s. Artists across the gamut of musical genres recorded Lennon-McCartney songs. This included the occasional country and folk artist and even jazz singers delved into the Fab Four’s songbook looking for hits. Few of these non-rock artists enjoyed any notable commercial success with these attempts. [Read more] “yummy yummy yummy julie london’s got love in her tummy”

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oldies radio is more diversified and more fun than classic rock radio

THIS TIME AROUND, the question on Quora was, “Why do I miss the oldies station on the radio and hate the stupid classic rock one when I like classic rock more?” My answer was brief and hopefully helpful (although a week later and there’s not a single upvote). [Read more] “oldies radio is more diversified and more fun than classic rock radio”

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another errant umphred post bites the dust

ONCE AGAIN it’s happened: I accidentally pushed the Publish button on WordPress instead of the Save Draft button. Of course, the two buttons shouldn’t be near one another so accidents like these should never occur.

But the two buttons are a couple of inches apart and when I’m focused on composing sometimes I just press the wrong damn button. [Read more] “another errant umphred post bites the dust”