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Thanks to MB for suggesting The Troggs, whose lead singer, Reg Presley, just died. Got to keep those dying rockers coming, as they provide great fodder for this feature. Unfortunately, I can't use the video he suggested, as it won't play on my iPad, and given the frequent storm caused interruptions in our electrical service, […]

Last week I wondered who did put the ram in the ram a lang a ding dong, and I got in answer in the comments. Turns out it was Cynthia Weil Barry Mann, this information coming via a commenter, who included a list of some of the great songs the co-wrote. Being as I’m beginning […]

This is getting a bit harder. I confess that I really don’t know much about newer music, except what I pick up on Colbert, and I’m running out of the old stuff. I’d appreciate any suggestions I can get (looking at you, MZ). Anyway, in rummaging through my mind’s back catalogue, I realized that I […]

There are those who feel that, the 21st having arrived, we are safe, and the Mayan prediction has proven false. However, the 21st is still here, and the end may still approacheth. So, I don’t want to defer this a moment longer,and I can’t wait until tonight. All in all this seems more appropriate than […]

Unfortunately, the choice was made for me this week. Back in the dim and distant past, if a member of my generation had only one jazz album, the odds were 10 to 1 it was Take Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s masterpiece. Of course, Take Five is the signature piece from the album, but they’re […]