A book that was assigned reading in high school was “Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s,” by Frederick Lewis Allen. I enjoyed it so much that I read it again ten years later.
Last week on Ian Whitcomb’s Luxuria Music radio show, he played a lot of wonderful old tunes. But it was this 90-year-old toe-tapper in particular that gave me the idea of pulling out “Only Yesterday” for another read-through.
For now, the Kindle edition of Mark Lewisohn’s magnum opus “Tune In: The Beatles, All These Years” is available for only $1.99. Who knows for how much longer at this low, low price?
The Huffington Post catches up with the brilliant and talented Margo Guryan. I stay in touch with Margo on Facebook. Sadly, Margo’s husband David Rosner passed away last year.
April 3, fifty years ago, Simon & Garfunkel’s masterpiece, “Bookends.”
Put on your headphones, MIH, because here are the Ronettes in glorious S-T-E-R-E-O!
This was taken from a used British LP I bought at Cheapo Records in Central Square, Cambridge, MA for five bucks in the early 80’s. Cheapo is still there, halfway between M.I.T. and Harvard.
“Rhapsody in Rivets” – Released December 6, 1941 (yes, the day before Pearl Harbor). A Leon Schlesinger Merrie Melodies cartoon, directed by Isadore “Friz” Freleng, with musical direction by Carl Stalling. Nominated for an Academy Award.
