Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! Today is the 41st anniversary of Cheap Trick’s Dream Police album. It’s one of my faves from CT. I’ve done the title track once in Heavens Sake and performed “Voices” with VSS. Lots of cool songs on here. This band does the title track really well. Enjoy! Until tomorrow, same blog channel…Scorp out! —“I…
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Salutations™!! The BCPF and I had a great listening day yesterday. We got by Underdog Records and grabbed a good bit of stuff and came back and listened. It was really a great listen. Okay, here’s the haul: Wolf Parade – Thin Mind — Great Canadian band out of Montreal and on the Sub Pop label. Good…
Salutations™!! Today in the DJ for the Ren-o sessions, I played two albums that had the same exact anniversary. That’s Tonight I’m Yours from Rod Stewart and Shake It Up from The Cars. Both of those were from November 6, 1981. Then came a random grab of Breakfast in America from Supertramp. I played The Chronic from Dr. Dre…
Salutations™!! I failed you, Dear Reader. I had been keeping up with my KISS album release dates and missed two big ones this month, but in my defense, I have been a bit busy. Holidays, birthdays, work, and other things have kept me tied up. But, let’s just jump in. This may be long and…
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Salutations™!! Happy Halloween, first of all. And, now, let’s talk about an album that was the last before the makeup came back for KISS. Almost as polarizing as Music from ‘The Elder’ was but for slightly different reasons. True Long-Time KISS fans have always been on the fence about it, some think it’s a great departure…
Salutations™!! I am finding it hard to write this post because I’m singing along with the album as I’m writing it. And, let me tell you, Dear Reader, at 8:30am, that’s a feat. Anywhat! Monday was the 44th Anniversary of the KISS Klassic Hotter Than Hell. It is one of my faves, for sure. It was…
Salutations™!! Forty-two years ago today, March 15, 1976, the fourth KISS studio album, Destroyer was released. Destroyer was the immediate follow-up to Alive which, thanks to “Rock and Roll All Nite,” really broke KISS into popularity. Their first three studio albums did absolutely nothing and were released within 13 months. They tried one after the other and…