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  • 88 Rewound at MIT
  • Allan Sniffen's Rewound Radio
  • Andrew Sandoval's Beatland Books
  • Big Planet Noise with Bob and Gina
  • Boss Radio 66 with DJ Tom Hanks
  • Brian Sibley on Life and Art
  • Colleen Doran's Comics & Stories
  • Daily Cartoonist
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  • Douglas Pratt on Substack
  • Headphone and Hearing Test
  • Jimmy Johnson's Arlo & Janis
  • Kip Brown's Discotech Underground
  • Kogar the Swinging Ape
  • Lost & Found at MIT
  • Luxuria Music
  • Lyrion Music Server
  • Mark Parisi's Off the Mark
  • Monte Schulz's 'Undercity'
  • Nat Gertler's AAUGH Blog
  • News from Mark Evanier
  • Paul Howley's Life in Comics
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Category: Music

Making Out to Music in the Station Wagon

Playtone Records CEO Tom Hanks returns to the Boss Radio 66 mic today at noon, two hours from now.

Boss Radio

Listen live here.

Follow-up: Here’s yesterday’s show.

Posted on February 25, 2022February 26, 2022Categories MusicTags Boss Radio 66, that thing you do, Tom HanksLeave a comment on Making Out to Music in the Station Wagon

What Putin Wants

Get back, get back, get back to the U.S.S.R. Those Ukraine girls really knock him out.

Posted on February 23, 2022February 23, 2022Categories Beatles, Politics, Religion & MoneyLeave a comment on What Putin Wants

Prog Rock Leader Losses Continue

So soon after the death of Ian McDonald, Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker has passed away.

Posted on February 23, 2022February 23, 2022Categories MusicTags gary brooker, procol harum, progressive british rockLeave a comment on Prog Rock Leader Losses Continue

Scratching Post

Beatles Poster
The poster I had framed that came with the Beatles Anthology LaserDisc box set.

John Lennon could really scratch an itch when he cut loose.

Here’s the original.

Posted on February 21, 2022February 23, 2022Categories BeatlesLeave a comment on Scratching Post

Rock On Beethoven

Three movements instead of four, and there’s a featured soloist. A distinction without too much of a difference between a concerto and a symphony.

https://youtu.be/_YFimrtCnUw

Note: This video was posted yesterday and it already has been viewed over 13,000 times. I wonder how many of those came from America vs. Europe?

Posted on February 21, 2022February 21, 2022Categories MusicLeave a comment on Rock On Beethoven

The Black Queen Chants the Funeral March

The memories of black light posters, and the scent of marijuana smoke permeating the dorm, forever linger.

Much of the credit for King Crimson’s debut album belongs to the late Ian McDonald.

Posted on February 20, 2022February 20, 2022Categories MusicTags ian mcdonald, king crimson2 Comments on The Black Queen Chants the Funeral March

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