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FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #30: Jackboots & Kilt
NAPOLEON XIV “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haa!” b/w “Photogenic, Schizophrenic You” (Eric Records #195, early-’80’s reissue. Originally released on Warner Bros. #5831, Summer 1966)
When it comes to artistic integrity, few social groups get maligned as much as the mentally challenged. Even in this enlightened era of advanced education, when extensive research is being done to comprehend such phenomena as autism, terms like “outsider” still separate the layers of our ability to understand the deeper […]
Jamie Foxx Gets It WRONG
I was watching the Academy of Country Music Awards last night, when Jamie Foxx came on & made a complete fool of himself. He told the audience what a BIG fan he is of country music. He was making a point of saying how radical it was to see a black man onstage at a country music event. “Darius Rucker, WOW!”, said Jamie.
Boy, what a fan Jamie is! I guess he’s never heard of Charlie […]
In Defense of…Boston??
Hey folks. If you remember a couple of weeks back, my buddy Pat posted a piece about why he kinda sorta digs Nickelback (and I second that emotion). Now, he’s back, defending the indefensible once again. While everyone can get behind Boston’s smash debut and its’ hit single “More Than a Feeling”, it’s a bit more difficult to come out in support of the band’s third album, “Third Stage”. For those of you having trouble […]