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Remembering Marvin
Today would have been Marvin Gaye’s 70th birthday.
Yesterday marked 25 years since the soul legend’s murder at the hands of his own father.
Although I was only 7, I distinctly remember sitting at home on April 1st, 1984, when the news came on the radio that Marvin had been killed. Up until that point, I only really knew “Sexual Healing”, and at the time I was more confused about why someone would kill their own son […]
American Idol Season 8 – Who Is Headed Home Sweet Home?
Why is Jason Castro sitting next to Alexis Grace in the audience? I didn’t think I’d have to see those dread locks again until the end of this season.
Why is Lady GaGa on this show tonight? I know she’s hot on the charts, but I don’t know anyone who has the album.
Why hasn’t Kara DioGuardi returned my phone calls yet?
Ok, just kidding on that last question. (She returned them.) But the first two are […]
FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #29: Pump Up The Valium
THEM “Gloria” b/w “Baby, Please Don’t Go” (Parrot Records #9727, 1964-65)
I’m pressed for time, so this installment will have to be brief, but this record doesn’t need a whole lot of words anyway. We are gathered here today, my friends, to celebrate one of the hands-down greatest, purest rock ‘n’ roll singles of all time: “Gloria” (also known as “G-L-O-R-I-A!”) by early-’60’s Irish rockers Them.  Written by the band’s singer, a then-unknown young upstart named Van Morrison, […]