With Peter Tork gone, Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz are the two remaining Monkees, and I will be seeing them tonight at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. Andrew Sandoval, everybody’s friend in 60’s Production Pop music, is managing the tour.
Category: Music
Beck Hears the Toons
Animation historian Jerry Beck’s annual podcast featuring cartoon-related music.
… and so this is Christmas
Beatles, Peanuts, and Me
Christmas memories, 1968 — The White Album and $1 Peanuts books.
Crustacean Inspiration
“I was at a dance club one night in Bermuda… Upstairs, they were playing disco, and downstairs I suddenly heard ‘Rock Lobster’ by the B-52’s for the first time. Do you know it? It sounds just like Yoko’s music, so I said to meself, ‘It’s time to get out the old ax and wake the wife up!’”
– John Lennon, December 5, 1980
A Modern Christmas Classic
A lot of singers hope to have a new Christmas song that catches on, but they very rarely succeed. Mariah Carey did it with “All I Want For Christmas,” a record that will already be a quarter century old next year.
For me, 2:26 is when the song goes from outstanding to superb. I first saw this video thanks to my friend, the gorgeous and talented international recording artist Lia Pamina. And since I mentioned Lia, here she is.