New York Tendaberry – Spotify 1967 wasn’t so different from today, it was hard to get noticed. Sure, it was hard to get a record deal, but it was even harder to get someone to buy your music, and if they didn’t, chances are it went unheard, unless, fortuitously, you were inundated with talent and […]

We lost. We lost in music, in movies and news. The only place we’ve won is in television, which we have to chalk up to innovation and creativity. That’s right, the establishment of cable and the rise of HBO, which proved that people would pay for something better. Assuming they had any money at all. […]

Mike Chapman Playlist – Spotify ‘Ballroom Blitz” The Sweet 1973 Oh yeah, it was like lightning Everybody was fighting And the music was soothing And they all started grooving This was when you did your best not to listen to AM radio, but not every automobile possessed the FM band, so you’d hear this confounding […]

“My British Invasion” He was the first college rep not to be offered a gig at CBS after graduation. He got fired from a trade for writing a negative review. And then he ended up behind the counter at Rhino Records, an emporium on Westwood Boulevard where they commented upon what you bought, usually not […]