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https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekend-listomania-special-it-might.html?showComment=1270226831720 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special It Might Have Been Audio/Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental lesbian bondgage sex-themed club consultant Fah Lo Suee and I are off to s... special itaudio videopowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/05/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1714797873097 PowerPop: La Fin de la Semaine Essay Question: Special "'Allo, Sailor!" Edition Okay guys -- as you know, a certain Shady Dame and I are currently relaxing in scenic Montreal, in the heart of darkest Canadia. I won't b... fin de semaineessay questionpowerpoplaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/11/well-this-actually-improved-my-mood.html?showComment=1731342889351 PowerPop: Well, This Actually Improved My Mood From some festival somewhere in 2014, it's Joan Jett and Slash and an utterly infectious version of The Stones song with the title you'r... powerpopwellactuallyimprovedmood https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2022/04/now-voyagers.html?showComment=1649105970302 PowerPop: Now Voyagers From their superb (unbeknownst to me before last week) 2019 two-CD import greatest hits/farewell album, please enjoy British Invasion power ... powerpopvoyagers https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/04/closed-for-ocular-monkey-business.html PowerPop: Closed for (Ocular) Monkey Business Had (non-emergency) laser surgery on my right eye yesterday. Not walking into walls at the moment, so the chances are good that regular p... monkey businesspowerpopclosedocular https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/02/weekend-listomania-special-theres-no.html?showComment=1233922380000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special There's No Accounting For Taste! Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fille de nuit manual catharsis manager Fah Lo Suee and I will be travelli... video editionpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2006/12/donita-jane-part-2.html?showComment=1165105920000 PowerPop: Donita & Jane: Part 2 Another fabulous podcast from Donita and Jane. Hear Jane talk about dogs, Paris Hilton, and her boyfriend, Sid Brown . (IIRC, Jane was also... powerpopjanepart https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/06/annals-of-art-direction-occasional.html?showComment=1718981809542 PowerPop: Annals of Art Direction (An Occasional Series): Special "Hey, It's Actually Not So Bad!"... [The following is a true story. I first posted it here in 2008(!), but I've just tweaked it for inclusion in my forthcoming Greatest Hits bo... art directionpowerpopannalsoccasionalseries https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2006/12/merry-christmas-and-rip.html PowerPop: Merry Christmas, and RIP to James Brown, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. merry christmaspowerpoprip https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-listomania-special-well-on-one_09.html?showComment=1278733424202 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Well, On the One Hand... Audio/Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fertile crescent manipulator Fah Lo Suee and I will be heading off to beau... on theaudio videopowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/12/saturday-night-glam-blogging.html?showComment=1196564340000 PowerPop: Saturday Night Glam Blogging... Here's former Jellyfish member Roger Manning's fab Imperial Drag doing a spot on T-REX impersonation with the great Boy or a Girl. This t... saturday nightpowerpopglamblogging https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/12/x-streme-xmas-songs.html PowerPop: X-treme Xmas Songs Here's post-grunge Seattle powerpoppers Super Deluxe with a touching seasonal number from their 1995 Electric Holiday EP. The shredding Sa... powerpopxtremesongs https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/07/its-independence-day-in-time-of-twice.html PowerPop: It's Independence Day in the Time of Twice-Indicted Ex-Presidents!!! And in its honor -- a PowerPop tradition since 2018 -- please enjoy Bill Pullman , the greatest president of the United States who was never... independence daythe timepowerpoptwiceindicted https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-came-from-basement.html PowerPop: It Came From the Basement! Okay, and at the risk of getting even more self-indulgent than I usually do around here, I have a confession to make. At some point in the 9... from the basementpowerpopcame https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/12/your-wednesday-moment-of-words-faile-me.html?showComment=1386793198714 PowerPop: Your Wednesday Moment of Words Fail Me Okay, he's not Otis Spann , but what the hey -- he's pretty funky for a pachyderm. Ladies and gentlemen -- please enjoy Peter the Elephant... words fail mepowerpopwednesdaymoment https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/04/mother-of-mercy-is-this-end-of-early.html?showComment=1270166060938 PowerPop: Mother of Mercy, Is This the End of an Early Clue to the New Direction? From 1987, more in sorrow than in anger, here's the most alarming pop music face off since The Paragons Meet the Jesters -- The Fat Boys a... mother ofnew directionpowerpopmercyend https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-listomania-special-sweet.html?showComment=1225560720000&m=0 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Sweet Emotion Video Edition) Well, it's Friday, and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental rentboy amanuensis Hop-Sing and I have returned, exhausted, from the land... sweet emotionvideo editionpowerpopweekendlistomania https://www.bompstore.com/shoes-primal-vinyl-powerpop-legends-black-vinyl-lp/ SHOES - Primal Vinyl- POWERPOP LEGENDS! BLACK VINYL LP - Bomp Records BOMP is one the oldest indie labels around, featuring punk, pop, powerpop, garage, new wave, old school rock, and much more. Since 1974 Bomp! has introduced... shoesprimalvinylpowerpoplegends https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/07/this-is-your-brain-dribbling-out-of.html PowerPop: This is Your Brain Dribbling Out of Your Ears Extremely irksome New York Times pop music critic Kelefa Sanneh is seriously worried about something. From today's paper: There have been ... your brainout ofpowerpopdribblingears https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/gentlemen-start-your-engines.html?showComment=1303655683405 PowerPop: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines powerpopgentlemenstartengines https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/12/saturday-night-glam-blogging.html?showComment=1196600160000 PowerPop: Saturday Night Glam Blogging... Here's former Jellyfish member Roger Manning's fab Imperial Drag doing a spot on T-REX impersonation with the great Boy or a Girl. This t... saturday nightpowerpopglamblogging https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/02/weekend-listomania-special-theres-no.html?showComment=1234191840000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special There's No Accounting For Taste! Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fille de nuit manual catharsis manager Fah Lo Suee and I will be travelli... video editionpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/02/scenes-from-mispent-life.html?showComment=1676914990064 PowerPop: Scenes From a Misspent Life The following little trivia challenge has sort of gone viral at La Livre du Visage Facebook, or at least in the precincts I haunt there, so... powerpopsceneslife https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2005/02/fun-games.html?showComment=1109645460000 PowerPop: Fun & Games I believe that pop music has a tremendous impact upon one's identity--it's sort of the point of this blog. It's probably a shallow, postmode... fun gamespowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-monday-moment-of-words-fail-me_29.html?showComment=1456816124102 PowerPop: Your Monday Moment of Word's Fail Me From 2012, please enjoy you-know-who's hell-spawn and an absolutely jaw-droppingly good (and essentially unplugged) version of Dolly Parton ... powerpopmondaymomentwordfail https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/06/and-speaking-of-nothing-in-particular.html?showComment=1718030433562 PowerPop: And Speaking of Nothing in Particular... ...for reasons I won't bother you with, I had the occasion to print out this old piece of mine (from the May 1993 issue of The Magazine Form... speaking ofpowerpopnothingparticular https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-listomania-special-there-is-no.html?m=0 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special There is No God! Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental batman Hop-Sing and I are off to Alaska, where we'll join Governor Sarah Pa... there isgod videopowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/03/weekend-listomania-retro-special.html?showComment=1395419940420 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania Retro: Special Fingernails on the Blackboard Video Edition Another one from the vaults, but I think it would be interesting to see what your choices might be after all these years. I've changed a c... on thevideo editionpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2019/03/your-friday-moment-of-words-fail-me.html PowerPop: Your Friday Moment of Words Fail Me From 2011, please enjoy power pop gods The Left Banke (and the NYU Choral Society) and the damndest version of their masterpiece "Desiree" ... words fail mepowerpopfridaymoment https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/02/well-i-gotta-say-that-bob-zimmerman-guy.html?showComment=1612833035696 PowerPop: Well, I Gotta Say, That Bob Zimmerman Guy... ...totally deserved the Nobel Prize he got. And I'll tell you why I think so, from an admittedly personal perspective. To begin wi... powerpopwellgottasaybob https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/06/weekend-listomania-special-son-of-four.html?showComment=1465000763620 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania: Special Son of Four Legs Good! Edition Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manual catharsis specialist girl Friday FAH LOH SUEE and I are off to...O... son offour legspowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-girls-week-monday-battle-of-bands.html?showComment=1322517125146 PowerPop: Some Girls Week: Monday Battle of the Bands [Yes, this is the beginning of five days of Rolling Stones -related stuff, inspired by the fact that I shnorred a promo copy of the quite ex... some girlsthe bandspowerpopweekmonday https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-floor-your-love-juggernaut_21.html PowerPop: THE FLOOR YOUR LOVE JUGGERNAUT CONTINUES TO ROLL ON!!! Courtesy of our good friend Bruce Brodeen , the former proprietor of Not Lame Records, and now the head honcho of the cool website POP GEEK ... the flooryour loveroll onpowerpopjuggernaut https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekend-listomania-special-smashing.html?showComment=1221227100000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Smashing Pumpkins-Free Tales From the Crypt Non-Video Edition) [Thought I'd take a break from the normal Listomania format this week as an excuse to reprint something I wrote for the August 1975 issue of... smashing pumpkinsfrom thevideo editionpowerpopweekend https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/02/yeah-its-another-early-clue-to-new.html?showComment=1265910401296 PowerPop: Yeah, It's Another Early Clue to the New Direction: Special The Child is Father to... From 1967, please enjoy nice Jewish boy Neil Diamond and his poignant Brill Building classic of inappropriate urges, "Girl You'll Be a Woman... to thenew directionpowerpopyeahanother https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special.html?showComment=1584623154686&m=0 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special "Professional Expertise" Edition From sometime in the early 70s, please enjoy the late great Jim Croce and a lovely live version of his hit "Operator." A coveted PowerP... to thenew directionprofessional expertisepowerpopearly https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/09/garage-bands-of-gods.html?showComment=1190824380000 PowerPop: Garage Bands of the Gods Okay kids, this is the way we oldtimers used to enjoy the rock and roll. Yes, you're listening to the actual 45 of The Gestures' "Run, Run,... powerpopgaragebandsgods https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/04/its-smallest-world-in-world.html PowerPop: It's the Smallest World in the World From 2019 B.V. (before the virus), please enjoy Australian rock goddess Sarah McCleod in her home studio with an utterly transplendent vers... powerpopsmallestworld https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/where-theres-smoke.html?showComment=1220518620000 PowerPop: Where There's Smoke... My good friend Sal Nunziato , formerly of the world's greatest indie record store NYCD, and of late of The Huffington Post , has just starte... powerpopsmoke https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/11/words-fail-me.html PowerPop: Words Fail Me Sorry -- just learned we're now officially a fascist dictatorship. Assuming I don't blow my brains out, music stuff returns on Thursda... words fail mepowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/04/remixes-of-gods-occasional-series.html PowerPop: Remixes of the Gods (An Occasional Series) From Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1960-65: 29 More Amazing Stereo Hits , the fabulous comp album I alerted you guys to yesterday, please en... powerpopremixesgodsoccasionalseries https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2017/07/what.html?showComment=1499426645650 PowerPop: What's the Matter With Kids Todeay? Noted without comment. Except to say that The Smiths would have been a hell of a great instrumental band. the matterwith kidspowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/07/way-of-all-flesh.html?showComment=1280433865394 PowerPop: The Way of All Flesh Okay, this is actually a little cruel of me, but I can't help it. By way of preface, if you were around for last week's Listomania -- theme:... the wayall fleshpowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/02/picture-1000-words-etc_6.html?showComment=1360160105476 PowerPop: Picture, 1000 Words, Etc. The original Pretenders lineup, posed about a year after their first album helped them conquer the world, as photographed by the great Chal... powerpoppicturewordsetc https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/12/separated-at-birth-in-hell.html PowerPop: Separated at Birth in Hell Compare and Contrast: Worst singer/songwriter of the new Millenium, if not ever, James Blunt , with his execrable "Goodby My Lover" (from 20... separated at birthpowerpophell https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/03/weekend-listomania-special-you-cant.html?showComment=1269603150018 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special You Can't Always Get What You...Whatever Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my V is for Vavoom! consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to beautiful downtown Day... you canpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-listomania-special-you-cant.html?showComment=1258719885918 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special You Can't Call Me Al Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental Groinal Aerodynamics consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be heading for the ... you cancall mepowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/11/bobo.html?showComment=1195571460000 PowerPop: How Sweet to Be An Idiot Part II The institutional nervous breakdown of the New York Times continues apace, and this time it's not just Kelefa Sanneh making a fool of himse... to bepart iipowerpopsweetidiot https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/weekend-listomania-special-i-came-to.html?m=0 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special I Came to Casablanca For... Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to join Sen. John McCain in scenic Holla... for videopowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/01/weekend-listomanias-greatest-hits_43.html?showComment=1422664858336 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania's Greatest Hits: Special A Mighty Wind Edition [I first posted this one back in 2009, and what strikes me most upon revisiting it is that I was hard pressed to nominate somebody new for t... a mighty windgreatest hitspowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2026/02/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question_27.html?showComment=1772371873422 PowerPop: La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "You Bastid Kids Get Off My Lawn" Edition [I originally posted a version of this back in 2010, but for a couple of reasons -- lingering depression brought on by this week's Snowpocal... fin de semaineessay questionpowerpoplaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/06/baby-that-is-rock-n-roll-special-those_28.html?showComment=1372963953181 PowerPop: Baby That is Rock 'n' Roll: Special Those Amazing Antipodeans Edition!!!! The Easybeats , 1968. "Good Times." The great Aussie band and the Vanda and Young songwriting team at their all-time peak. Okay, you knew... rock n rollpowerpopbabyspecialamazing https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-listomania-special-it-is-to.html?showComment=1227294780000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special It is to Laugh! Video Edition) Well, it's Friday, and you know what that means. Since my Oriental rentboy amanuensis Hop-Sing has been banished from my service after that... special itvideo editionpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-listomania-special-you-cant.html?showComment=1258721388804 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special You Can't Call Me Al Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental Groinal Aerodynamics consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be heading for the ... you cancall mepowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2022/04/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special.html?showComment=1649336716929 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special All-Tempa-Cheer Edition From 1995, please enjoy fabulous Southern rocker Terry Anderson and his fiercely Stones-Meet-Power-Pop-Should-Have-Been-a-Hit-Single "Weath... to thenew directionpowerpopearlyclue https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/01/compare-and-contrast-lonesome-trains.html?showComment=1262798314662 PowerPop: Compare and Contrast: The Midnight Train is Whinin' Low Here's a great example of what we used to call the Folk Process at work. With, frankly, quite astounding avant-garde results. We begin, from... compare and contrastthe midnight trainpowerpoplow https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/09/weekend-listomania-special-george.html?showComment=1253902236358 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special George Constanza "It's Not You It's Me" Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental groinal maintenance engineer Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to Paris, Fran... powerpopweekendlistomaniaspecialgeorge https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/02/ PowerPop: February 2020 An idiosyncratic blog dedicated to the precursors, the practioners, and the descendants of power pop. All suggestions for postings and sidebar links welcome,... powerpopfebruary https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/02/so-you-want-to-be-patron-of-arts_22.html?showComment=1456153040428 PowerPop: So You Want to Be a Patron of the Arts?!?! My old college chum Tony Jannelli -- filmmaker, musician, and all around cool guy -- is making a movie about the time in 1965 that the Velv... to be athe artspowerpopwantpatron https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/08/midweek-funny_22.html?m=1 PowerPop: Midweek Funny The Conchords channel The Move. Heh. I love psychedelia, even though I've never done acid. powerpopmidweekfunny https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-geezer-rock-rules.html?showComment=1387319350215 PowerPop: The Geezer Rock Rules Taking a day off... ...to work on guitar parts for tomorrow's recording session with my high school garage band chums. They're not IN hig... powerpopgeezerrockrules https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekend-listomania-special-tom-waits.html?showComment=1295616614037&m=0 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Tom Waits For No One Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental trampoline tart Fah Lo Suee and I are off to lovely Wasilla, Alaska to joi... tom waitsno onepowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/05/great-lost-singles-of-girl-group-era.html PowerPop: Great Lost Singles of the Girl Group Era: An Occasional Series From 1964, please enjoy The Cinderellas and their instantly addictive shoulda-been-a-bigger-hit "Baby, Baby (I Still Love You)". ... the girlpowerpopgreatlostsingles https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/09/weekend-listomania-special-peace-in.html?showComment=1284144881037 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Peace in the Middle East Audio/Video Edition) Well, its Friday and you know what that means. In this case, my lovely Oriental hide-the-kosher-salami consultant Fah Lo Suee and I will be... in the middleaudio videopowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/houston-we-have-problem.html?m=0 PowerPop: Houston, We Have a Problem From today's New York Times : Janet Jackson was hospitalized for several hours shortly before she was scheduled to take the stage at a conc... a problempowerpophouston https://insomniaent.id/tag/powerpop/ Powerpop Archives - Insomnia Ent. powerpoparchivesinsomniaent https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/02/for-absent-friend.html?showComment=1612901380474 PowerPop: For an Absent Friend Okay, this is a hard one to write. The short version: Today marks a year since the passing of my pal (and The Floor Models drummer for ove... powerpopabsentfriend https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2025/09/todays-cartoon-chuckles-plus-bonus.html?showComment=1758808073203 PowerPop: Today's Cartoon Chuckles (Plus Bonus Photoshopped Funny) Heh. BTW, I didn't get the first one immediately either. Coming tomorrow -- greetings from Edinburgh. And a totally boffo ... powerpoptodaycartoonchucklesplus https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/11/silly-love-songs-r-us-part-deux_20.html?showComment=1416864642809 PowerPop: Silly Love Songs R Us: Part Deux So as I said on Tuesday, I shnorred a copy of the new McCartney tribute album. And as I said at the time, like most tribute albums, it's ... love songspowerpopsillyuspart https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/11/beyond-valley-of-wimps.html?m=1 PowerPop: Beyond the Valley of the Wimps So as I may have mentioned, I have suddenly found myself on the promo list for Sony/Columbia Records. The good news is that last week I was ... beyond the valleypowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/01/death-may-be-your-santa-claus_19.html?showComment=1453253361700 PowerPop: Death May Be Your Santa Claus Dale "Buffin" Griffin ( Mott the Hoople drummer) 1948-2016 Glenn Frey ( Eagles guitarist/vocalist) 1948-2016 It's been a long we... may besanta clauspowerpopdeath https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/01/weekend-listomanias-greatest-hits_43.html?showComment=1422804618452 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania's Greatest Hits: Special A Mighty Wind Edition [I first posted this one back in 2009, and what strikes me most upon revisiting it is that I was hard pressed to nominate somebody new for t... a mighty windgreatest hitspowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/05/weekend-listomania-special-shoot-em.html?showComment=1274458935939 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Shoot 'em While They Run Audio/Video Edition) Well, it's Friday, and you know what that means, Yes, my Oriental glandular manipulation therapist and spiritual advisor Fah Lo Suee and I ... audio videopowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/01/paul-kantner-1941-2016.html?showComment=1454081491102 PowerPop: Paul Kantner 1941-2016 Have I mentioned that this death shit is really starting to piss me off? That said, Starship were so incredibly godawful -- and I mean G... powerpoppaul https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekend-listomania-special-what-hell-is.html PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special What the Hell is That Thing Below Your Nose? Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental F.O.T.W. [Friend of Tiger Woods] Fah Lo Suee and I are off to the Executi... what the hellpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2018/12/your-tuesday-moment-of-why-didnt-i-get.html PowerPop: Your Tuesday Moment of Why Didn't I Get the Memo? So yesterday I was listening to an intertube radio station out of the U.K. called KOR , which is always pretty cool, but more specifically b... the memopowerpoptuesdaymomentget https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/06/and-speaking-of-nothing-in-particular.html?showComment=1718195225810 PowerPop: And Speaking of Nothing in Particular... ...for reasons I won't bother you with, I had the occasion to print out this old piece of mine (from the May 1993 issue of The Magazine Form... speaking ofpowerpopnothingparticular https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/08/great-lost-singles-of-sixties-part-i.html?showComment=1629159028359 PowerPop: Great Lost Singles of the Sixties: Part I -- Special "Tempus Fugit" Edition [ The backstory: Sometime in the 'aughts -- not exactly sure when -- I found myself suddenly unemployed and stuck in the wilds of New Jersey... the sixtiestempus fugitpowerpopgreatlost https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekend-listomania-special-contempt-for.html PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Contempt For the Audience -- That's What Killed Dennis Day!... Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental... Okay, I can't go on with this charade any longer. There IS no Weekend Li... for thedennis daypowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2012/06/boys-from-syracuse.html PowerPop: The Boys From Syracuse From some time in the early 1980s , please enjoy pride of the Syracuse, New York music scene popsters The Tearjerkers and their delightful ... the boyspowerpopsyracuse https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/05/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1715000679185 PowerPop: La Fin de la Semaine Essay Question: Special "'Allo, Sailor!" Edition Okay guys -- as you know, a certain Shady Dame and I are currently relaxing in scenic Montreal, in the heart of darkest Canadia. I won't b... fin de semaineessay questionpowerpoplaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/12/your-monday-moment-of-pardon-me-but-im.html?m=1 PowerPop: Your Monday Moment of "Pardon Me, But I'm Getting a Little Verklempt" So the great Dick Van Dyke , who has made 99 revolutions around the Sun to date, and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin (who hasn't), have mad... pardon mepowerpopmondaymomentgetting https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/your-tuesday-moment-of-worst-fucking.html?showComment=1583850962101&m=0 PowerPop: Your Tuesday Moment of the Worst Fucking Thing Ever From 2019, it's the horrible Satanic evil that is Maroon 5 and their inexplicable (and inexplicably awful) hit single "Memories." Serio... the worstpowerpoptuesdaymomentfucking https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/01/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1705693658111 PowerPop: La Fin de la Semaine Essay Question: Special "Great Performances" Edition That's Fountains of Wayne , of course, on some teevee show in 2003, and a jaw dropping live version of "Stacy's Mom." It will come as no... fin de semaineessay questiongreat performancespowerpopla https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/04/perry-mason-and-case-of-swingin.html PowerPop: Perry Mason and The Case of the Swingin' Savoyards Okay, I didn't see this one coming. That's the splendidly droll title track from my old friend (and occasional bandmate) Ronnie D'Addar... the case ofperry masonpowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/your-tuesday-moment-of-worst-fucking.html?showComment=1583890804237&m=0 PowerPop: Your Tuesday Moment of the Worst Fucking Thing Ever From 2019, it's the horrible Satanic evil that is Maroon 5 and their inexplicable (and inexplicably awful) hit single "Memories." Serio... the worstpowerpoptuesdaymomentfucking https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/11/monday-video-roundup_16.html?showComment=1447729870253 PowerPop: Monday Video Roundup [As I have noted here on previous occasions, it is perhaps a wonderful testament to the essential goodness of human nature that there are st... monday videopowerpoproundup https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/06/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special_23.html PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special Caught With the Meat in Your Mouth Edition From sometime in the early '80s, please enjoy -- if at all possible -- irrepressible downtown No Wave avant-garde faves Teenage Jesus and th... to thenew directionpowerpopearlyclue https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekend-listomania-special-con-le-mie.html?showComment=1630124362165 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania: Special "Con Le Mie Lacrime" Edition [ I originally posted this back in 2008, when both this blog and the world were young. I have swapped out and added a couple of new songs, a... powerpopweekendlistomaniaspecialcon https://www.bompstore.com/bators-stiv-dead-boys-disconnected-1978-powerpop-last-few-on-starburst-vinyl-w-cool-inner-sleeve/?searchid=0 BATORS, STIV (DEAD BOYS) Disconnected (1978 POWERPOP!) LAST FEW ON STARBURST VINYL w. cool inner... BOMP is one the oldest indie labels around, featuring punk, pop, powerpop, garage, new wave, old school rock, and much more. Since 1974 Bomp! has introduced... dead boyslast fewpowerpopstarburstvinyl https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekend-listomania.html?showComment=1220673660000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Happy Feet! Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental rentboy amanuensis Hop-Sing and I are off for Alaska for the annual Aerial... happy feetvideo editionpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/03/weekend-listomanias-greatest-hits_46.html PowerPop: Weekend Listomania's Greatest Hits: Special Brevity is the Soul of Wit Edition) [This one originally ran in 2009, which for some reason now lost in the mists of time was the high point of my I Hate Smashing Pumpkins peri... greatest hitsthe soulpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2006/04/tmbg-new-song-new-news.html PowerPop: TMBG: New Song, New News At the TMBG site . And the return of Dial-a-Song! ( well, online anyway ...) The new podcast features a brand new song called We Live In A D... new songpowerpopnews https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/your-tuesday-moment-of-worst-fucking.html?showComment=1583846382950&m=0 PowerPop: Your Tuesday Moment of the Worst Fucking Thing Ever From 2019, it's the horrible Satanic evil that is Maroon 5 and their inexplicable (and inexplicably awful) hit single "Memories." Serio... the worstpowerpoptuesdaymomentfucking https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/11/ride-captain-ride.html?showComment=1195314900000&m=0 PowerPop: Lick My Decals Off, Baby... Well folks, if this is not "powerpop" then I don't know what is. Please enjoy my entry drug into the world of the Captain. powerpoplickdecalsbaby https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/weekend-listomania-special-fashion.html?showComment=1201333200000 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Fashion Victim Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental manservant Hop-Sing and I are off to Florida, where we'll be doing door to ... fashion victimvideo editionpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-search-of-kenosha-kid.html PowerPop: In Search of the Kenosha Kid Okay, it's also David Bowie 's birthday. Born David Robert Jones this day in 1947 in Brixton, London. You know, some days I really miss Dina... in search ofpowerpopkenoshakid https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/02/attention-lousy-stinking-francophonic.html PowerPop: Attention, Lousy Stinking Francophonic Bacon-Eating Bastards... ...i.e., Canadians. Friend of PowerPop Marc Plat t will be hosting another episode of his syndicated Radio Candy show today and it will ... powerpopattentionlousybaconeating https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/02/oh-just-what-world-needs-early-clue-to.html?showComment=1265342500856 PowerPop: Oh, Just What the World Needs -- An Early Clue to the New Direction That Looks Like... From 1998 and the Mean Streets of The Mickey Mouse Club -- please enjoy(?) the irrepressible Britney Spears and her frankly in questionable... the world needsnew directionpowerpopohearly https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/09/million-dollar-movie.html?showComment=1317097797973 PowerPop: Million Dollar Movie My old chum Bart Goldberg -- the bass player of my college rock band, who can be glimpsed in Party , the student film I bugged you about a ... million dollarpowerpopmovie