Blue Plate Special: Echo and the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen, an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978, quickly emerged as one of the most influential post-punk groups of...
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Blue Plate Special: ABC
ABC, an iconic English pop band originating from Sheffield in 1980, featured Martin Fry as the lead vocalist, Mark White on guitar and keyboards,...
Blue Plate Special: Adam Ant
Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ant, is an English singer, musician, and actor who rose to prominence as the lead singer of...
Earliest Music Influences
After hooking up a new (vintage) rack stereo system (I’ll share more on that in the future), I found myself once again going through...
Five Selections from My Musical Influences
Going to the way-back machine for this week’s music post. I was going through old digital photos before Thanksgiving and came across an old...
Ranking Duran Duran Albums
With last week’s release (October 22nd) of Future Past, Duran Duran’s 15th studio album (in addition to their 4 live albums, 4 compilation albums,...
New Duran Duran for #MusicFriday
Duran Duran recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of their debut album (Duran Duran), released in June 1981. With more than 100 millions records sold,...
So New Wave, It Hurts Your Brain
I was thinking about doing an end-of-year recap of sorts, but then changed my mind. Memories of 2020 will be filled with equal parts...
Looking through my vinyl collection on #MusicFriday
For those who don’t follow me over on Facebook, I live streamed today and last Friday as I went through my vinyl collection, which...
Duran Duran Hidden Gems on #MusicFriday
For this #MusicFriday post, I thought I’d put together a list from my all-time favorite band, Duran Duran. As a teen in the early...
