Guess who’s back, back again! Mikey’s back, tell your friends. I apologize for being gone for two weeks, but I’m now back to spread some joy and expose you all to some more obscure gems that shouldn’t be ignored.
Now that Thanksgiving is over, it’s now that time again; the time when every time you turn on the radio and all you hear is Christmas music. Even though I’m a Jew, I have a soft spot […]
I discovered Tempted in 1994. As someone who was not listening to college radio in 1981 (cut me some slack, I was five), the only Squeeze I’d heard was (what I believe was) their lone Top 40 hit, 1987’s Hourglass. So, if I can thank the Reality Bites soundtrack for anything at all, it would be for introducing me to the greatness that is this song.
Ever listen to a song and have a nagging suspicion […]
I’m sure this wasn’t just me. Did anyone else think Alison Moyet was a guy upon listening to Yaz’s 1982 album “Upstairs at Eric’s”. Moyet was blessed with quite possibly the most androgynous voice of all-time. What’s up with British singers and androgynous voices anyway? Boy George? Annie Lennox? Geez. There must be something in the water across the pond.
Anyone who considers synth-pop emotionless has obviously never heard Moyet sing her ass off on “Upstairs […]