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"One Poor Correspondent": I Might Be Mistaken

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Monday, August 10, 2009. I Might Be Mistaken. On the American Top Forty from June 29, 1974, Casey Kasem introduced the latest hit from ZZ Top, a little song called "La Grange," entering the countdown at Number 33. There's only one problem with that: "La Grange" never even reached the Top Forty, peaking at Number 41. How did this happen? Well, Casey had been invited to appear as a guest star on Hawaii Five-O. But I guess it was the 70s.). The Ga...

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"One Poor Correspondent": Tara Browne, He Lived on the Outskirts of Town

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Wednesday, May 9, 2007. Tara Browne, He Lived on the Outskirts of Town. Married, havin' babies, runnin' off, all before he could vote. Does that sound like one of the grooviest dudes in London to you? It's like he was from West Virginia or something. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some Links You Might Enjoy. The Squeaky Shoe, by Jack Nawrocki. Gerard Cosloy's Can't Stop the Bleeding. The Hits Just Keep On Comin'. Paul Lukas' Uni Watch.

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"One Poor Correspondent": July 2009

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Thursday, July 30, 2009. The Ballad of Faul and Yoko. I have one more Beatles tidbit for you, taken from the book Revolution in the Head. As have been the Beatles items of the past few days. The book, to tell the truth, is a bit disappointing; it purports to be a musicological look at each recorded Beatles number but ends up spending half its time telling the stories behind the songs and, in the end, isn't really satisfactory on either end.

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"One Poor Correspondent": Asking for a Ribbing

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Tuesday, August 4, 2009. Asking for a Ribbing. In his biography, Moonwalk. Michael Jackson clues us in on the origin of Quincy Jones' nickname. Jones, who famously produced Jackson's Off the Wall. Was known far and wide as Q. This was a result of, Michael tells us, Quincy's well-known love of barbecue. I heard the nickname Jacko came from Michaels love of Jackie Onassis. August 5, 2009 at 12:33 PM. August 5, 2009 at 4:18 PM. I Might Be Mistaken.

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"One Poor Correspondent": The Spirit of the Radio

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Wednesday, August 5, 2009. The Spirit of the Radio. To my dismay, but not to my surprise, Indie 101.5, Denver's best radio station. Closed up shop last week. It's now trying to survive as the online-only Indie303.com, and hey, good luck with that. It's like someone expecting baseball fans to tune in to a radio station that played the Mexican Hat Dance and "Charge! August 6, 2009 at 10:58 AM. August 6, 2009 at 7:36 PM. Some Links You Might Enjoy.

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"One Poor Correspondent": Harvey's Wallbanger

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Friday, April 10, 2009. The radio market out here really fascinates me. Denver is hardly the hippest city in the nation, or even in the Mountain States region, yet our radio choices are lively and different and plentiful. I'vd written before about the late, unlamented Martini on the Rockies. Which has now morphed into something called Indie 101.5, playing the choicest of current indie rock. It's really kind of shockingly good. About how alarmin...

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"One Poor Correspondent": Come On Along With the Song That We're Singing

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Come On Along With the Song That We're Singing. When Phil Spector produced Leonard Cohen's ill-fated 1977 album Death of a Ladies' Man. Spector included Cohen's personal phone number, in case the fan wanted to further discuss "I Think I Love You" with Leonard. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Some Links You Might Enjoy. The Squeaky Shoe, by Jack Nawrocki. Gerard Cosloy's Can't Stop the Bleeding. Quote of the Day.

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"One Poor Correspondent": Wonder

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Sunday, August 23, 2009. Happy birthday to David Gates, the mastermind behind Bread, who turns 69 today. Bread purveyed a variety of music - wimp-pop - that is more or less reviled these days, but they did it far better than anyone else did, and that deserves our respect. Bread's oeuvre is much more satisfying than that of, say, Lobo, and worlds better than the likes of Ambrosia or Gino Vannelli. August 24, 2009 at 1:44 PM. No, its just a coinc...

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"One Poor Correspondent": Oh-Oh

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An autobiographical journey through modern American culture. Friday, August 28, 2009. If you followed pop music in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the name "Jimmie Rodgers" wouldn't have signified the Singing Brakeman so much as a folk-pop singer of the same name, born James Frederick Rodgers in Camas, Washington. This Jimmie Rodgers was discovered by Hugo and Luigi at Roulette Records, and almost immediately had a big hit with "Honeycomb," which went to Number One in the fall of 1957. Jimmie Rodgers is ...