Sixty years ago, those who couldn’t see beyond the haircuts and “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” were so very, very wrong.
Category: Music
Seiji and the BSO
Seiji Ozawa has died. He was principal conductor and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for almost thirty years.
After buying my Allison 3 speakers in 1979, I enjoyed listening to this dynamic composition by Maurice Ravel, in a then-new recording conducted by Ozawa.
Here He Go-Goes Again
Tune in to Boss Radio 66 on TuneIn, tomorrow @ 1 PM ET, for more of Tom’s Hanksy-Pansky song selections!
UMG Leaves Tiktok Then Fills Dog Rat’s Order!
Over two months ago, in a moment of weakness I went for a promotional deal from Universal Music Group on a Deutsche Grammophon CD set. Eleven discs for $35, plus shipping.
https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/brahms-complete-chamber-music-4304
I waited for the order to be shipped. And waited. And waited. The shipping date kept being moved out by three days. Queries to customer support seemed to be answered by AI bots. This went on and on until I finally requested the order be canceled and my money refunded.
UMG came back with an offer from, I assume, a human being. They would refund the $12 shipping charge, and take about $7.50 off the purchase price and, somewhat to my surprise, they did. Yet the order remained unfilled for almost another month.
Universal Music Group issued a $12.14 USD refund Universal Music Group issued a $7.43 USD refund
A few days ago the package was shipped at last. It should be here today.
The timing of my order being shipped coincides with Universal Music Group’s announcement that it is pulling everything off of TikTok. Obviously, my order was delayed because of the ongoing negotiations.
An Open Letter to the Artist and Songwriter Community
Why We Must Call Time Out on TikTok
As soon as the impasse with TikTok was reached they were able to turn their attention to me. “Why hasn’t this order for the respected and influential blogger Dog Rat been filled yet? Get on it immediately or he’ll rip us online and we’ll never be able to sell another Classical release!”
His Kind of Town, Motown
When you think of Broadway, everybody of course immediately thinks of… MARVIN GAYE?? Mark Lindsay closed out his American Revolution show on SiriusXM today with “My Kind of Town” from Marvin’s “Hello Broadway” album. Chicago wasn’t Marvin’s town, and Broadway wasn’t his beat!
George’s Providential Clock
A tip o’ the Dog Rat toupee to Denro for pointing out this item. It explains what the object is on the back of the Beatles “Now and Then” single, and its surprising connection to the song.
Phone rings. It’s Paul, reminding me of this third song that was on the cassette tape with Real Love and Free As A Bird. He said, ‘The song, it’s called Now And Then.’ I’m standing there with the phone… looking at the clock that said, ‘Now And Then’, and I was sort of dumbfounded.