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https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/early-clue-to-new-direction_31.html?showComment=1201834380000 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction From 1967, here's The Hollies (featuring seriously underrated drummer Bobby Elliott ) and a killer live version of "Bus Stop," their absolu... to thepowerpopearlycluenew https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/08/yes-its-true-music-is-universal-language.html?showComment=1596477110262 PowerPop: Yes, It's True -- Music is the Universal Language Attentive readers with long memories may recall that way back in July -- hey, that's several years in Pandemic Time -- I posted an absolutel... the universalpowerpopyestruemusic https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/06/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special_23.html?showComment=1466694405672 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... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/09/happy-first-monday-of-fall.html?showComment=1727116776482&m=0 PowerPop: Happy First Monday of Fall!!! And in its honor, please enjoy the greatest song/record ever written/committed to magnetic tape about that particular season. In all ser... first mondaypowerpophappyfall https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/06/annals-of-art-direction-occasional.html?showComment=1718648931224 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... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/11/present-day-headbanger-refuses-to-die.html?showComment=1288876180175 PowerPop: The Present Day Headbanger Refuses to Die Okay, here's one I've been hearing about for years but never actually bothered to listen to until yesterday. From 1971, here's vaguely unsun... the present daypowerpopheadbangerrefusesdie https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/07/way-of-all-flesh.html?showComment=1280361723315 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 waypowerpopflesh https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/02/yeah-its-another-early-clue-to-new.html?showComment=1265916031774 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... https://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2017/03/ Absolute Powerpop: March 2017 A place to discover the latest and greatest in power pop releases. absolutepowerpopmarch https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2012/11/portrait-of-critic-as-snot-nosed-self_23.html?showComment=1353706530204 PowerPop: Portrait of the Critic as a Snot-Nosed Self-Important Little Shit Still in computer/Windows 7 hell, but -- via a certain Shady Dame's Mac in one of the outer boroughs -- I simply had to share this with you ... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/11/bobo.html?showComment=1195586760000 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... how sweetto bepowerpopidiotpart https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/06/baby-that-is-rock-n-roll-because_25.html PowerPop: Baby That is Rock 'n' Roll: Because Nothing Says "A Wop Bop a Loo Bop A Lop Bam Boom"... From 1968, please enjoy Creedence Clearwater Revival and perhaps my favorite version of a Little Richard song -- "Good Golly Miss Molly" -... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/your-tuesday-moment-of-worst-fucking.html?showComment=1583848722244&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... of thepowerpoptuesdaymomentworst https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2005/04/friday-babyblogging.html PowerPop: Friday Babyblogging Who put me in my chair backwards? powerpopfriday https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2025/04/cinematic-notes-from-all-over-special.html?showComment=1745325807546 PowerPop: Cinematic Notes From All Over: Special "Let Us Now Praise Famous Jazz Guys" Edition Okay, I realize this is rather far afield from the traditional subject matter of this here blog, but I just saw a music documentary that is ... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/06/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special_23.html?showComment=1466706107713 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... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/02/gerry-rafferty-is-god-occasional-series.html PowerPop: Gerry Rafferty is God (An Occasional Series) From 1973, please enjoy Stealer's Wheel and "Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine," their fabulous followup to that song in... gerry raffertypowerpopgodoccasionalseries https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/12/maybe-im-mistaken.html?showComment=1291238396938 PowerPop: Maybe I'm Mistaken... ...but this struck me as simels' kind of thing. From Finland, please enjoy the surf stylings of Laika and the Cosmonauts . (Aside from anyt... i mpowerpopmaybemistaken https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/12/weekend-listomania-special-rhythm-is.html?showComment=1733539685989 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania: Special "Rhythm is an Outmoded Western Conception*" Audio/Video... [An early version of this originally ran here in 2008, and obviously words fail me. I've rewritten a lot of it, dropped one entry and added ... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/02/black-denim-trousers-and-motorcycle_18.html PowerPop: Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots (and a Walker) And speaking, as we were last week, of criminally underrated Sixties folk-rockers The Youngbloods , here's a truly remarkable recent (2010) ... black denimmotorcycle bootspowerpoptrouserswalker https://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2006/03/mo-mead.html Absolute Powerpop: Mo' Mead. David Mead's weekly rollout of Tangerine tracks continues, and this week's selection is "Chatterbox", a decidedly more uptempo number than t... absolutepowerpopmomead https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2013/10/oh-hell-lets-just-make-it-television.html?showComment=1381265838402 PowerPop: Oh Hell, Let's Just Make It Television Week The band in question, on Jools Holland 's program, in 1992, doing "In World" (probably my favorite song from their reunion album of the same... oh hellmake itpowerpoplettelevision https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/record-revolution.html?showComment=1200840660000 PowerPop: Record Revolution... Thanks to Steve for holding down the Good Ship PowerPop almost solo for the past few weeks. Cool undated article here at MSN.com about the ... powerpoprecordrevolution https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/weekend-listomania-special-fashion.html?showComment=1201241400000 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 victimpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-listomania-special-it-is-to.html?showComment=1227482040000 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... it isto laughpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/07/weekend-listomania-special-well-on-one_09.html?showComment=1278707759200 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 the one hand https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/05/your-thursday-moment-of-how-totally.html PowerPop: Your Thursday Moment of "How Totally Alternative!" And speaking as we were yesterday of the incomparable Todd Snider , please enjoy -- from 1994 and a hidden track on his debut album -- the u... powerpopthursdaymomenttotallyalternative https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-country-for-old-men.html?showComment=1227037380000 PowerPop: No Country For Old Men And speaking of the Fab Four, I've been searching the web for this picture of the Fabs at 64 for some months now. My befuddled brain remembe... powerpopcountryoldmen https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2019/09/ PowerPop: September 2019 An idiosyncratic blog dedicated to the precursors, the practioners, and the descendants of power pop. All suggestions for postings and sidebar links welcome,... powerpopseptember https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/10/lou-whitney-rip.html?showComment=1412860251823 PowerPop: Lou Whitney R.I.P. Lou Whitney , bassist and producer extraordinaire ( The Morrells and The Skeletons , among others) has died at the age of 71. His hometo... r ipowerpoplouwhitney https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/05/he-seems-sort-of-unpleasant-and.html PowerPop: "He Seems Sort of Unpleasant and Uncomfortable" Little Bobby Zimmerman turned 70 yesterday. Here's some noise he made (with The Hawks ) in the studio on November 30, 1965. And in conclusi... sort ofpowerpopseemsunpleasantuncomfortable https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-pretenders-record.html?m=0 PowerPop: New Pretenders Record Saw this nice write-up of Chrissie Hynde and the first Pretenders record in six years, "Break Up the Concrete," in the NYTimes (and it's no... powerpopnewpretendersrecord https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekend-listomania-special-con-le-mie.html?showComment=1630063494435 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://drmartinomusic.com/ Dr. Martino - Powerpop from Willimantic, Connecticut Dr. Martino is a high energy, powerpop trio influenced by 60s garage and surf, early punk, and alt rock. drmartinopowerpopwillimanticconnecticut https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-greatest-record-ever-recorded.html PowerPop: The Greatest Record Ever Recorded (An Occasional Series): Special "Vanda and Young are... [This is an old post, but I'm re-upping it because our antipodean chum (and friend of PowerPop) Peter Scott just sent me the mp3 on the off ... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-new-years-resolutions.html?showComment=1199257800000 PowerPop: My New Years Resolutions 1. More album reviews. I have a stack of CDs -- both major label and indie -- that I have promised all sorts of fine folks that I will get t... new yearspowerpopresolutions https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/03/an-early-clue-to-new-direction-special.html?showComment=1584660057660&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 the https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/02/yeah-its-another-early-clue-to-new.html?showComment=1265930907820 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... 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/2010/01/annals-of-low-self-esteem.html?showComment=1264010124292 PowerPop: Annals of Low Self-Esteem Just for the record: The only pop star I have really resembled over the course of my life is the dork seated below. Seriously -- that could ... powerpopannalslowselfesteem https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/05/weekend-cinema-listomania-special.html?showComment=1304686730059 PowerPop: Weekend Cinema Listomania (Special Pardon Me, But Your Teeth are in My Neck! Edition) Video Event of the Week: Might Anchor Bay's Blu-ray of El Topo , the Sergio Leone-on-acid cult western by Alejandro Jodorowsky be what we'r... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-listomania-special-it-is-to.html?showComment=1227313980000 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... it isto laughpowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/01/monday-gratuitous-political-swipe.html PowerPop: Monday Gratuitous Political Swipe From 2002, please enjoy the (new to me) remix -- i.e., without the horns star Al Kooper overdubbed after the fact -- of the 1969 Supersessi... powerpopmondaygratuitouspoliticalswipe https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/03/weekend-listomania-special-wheres-my.html?showComment=1267901610901 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Where's My Walker, Damnit? Audio/Video Edition) Well, it's Friday and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental pants consultant princess Fah Lo Suee and I will be off to beautiful downt... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/08/ten-f-years.html?m=1 PowerPop: Ten F&%$*ing Years! That is, it was ten years ago today that Thers and I wed in the upstairs room of an Irish bar in Queens. Happy Anniversary, my friend. powerpoptenfingyears https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/06/continental-drifting-part-deux.html?showComment=1434246029135 PowerPop: Continental Drifting (Part Deux) From that forthcoming Continental Drifters anthology I mentioned the other day... ...two of my favorite covers ever. The Hollies ' (vi... powerpopcontinentaldriftingpartdeux https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/02/bob-elliot-1923-2016.html?showComment=1454604903196 PowerPop: Bob Elliot 1923 - 2016 The hilarious Bob and Ray , doing to that stupid Rod Stewart song what always deserved to be done to it. Incidentally, although I've be... powerpopbobelliot https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/11/your-wednesday-moment-of-words-fail-me.html?showComment=1415828863179 PowerPop: Your Wednesday Moment of Holy Fricking Shit The Records -- the promo video for their brilliant cover of Tim Moore 's "Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter." Post by The Records . The song,... powerpopwednesdaymomentholyfricking https://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2012/07/two-for-tuesday-7312.html Absolute Powerpop: Two for Tuesday, 7/3/12 Michael Carpenter-S.O.O.P. #5 . Michael Carpenter concludes his 5-disc covers project with a twist - it's a duets album. This development jo... two for tuesdayabsolutepowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2017/10/blue-ash-fan.html PowerPop: Blue Ash Fan... ...if you happen to see this post, e-mail me. I have something for you to hear that I think you might like. Hint: It involves Mark Johnson... blue ashpowerpopfan https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-tales-from-intertubes.html?showComment=1253711547501 PowerPop: More Tales From the Intertubes Okay, this is a true story, I swear to god. Last Saturday -- a Jewish holiday, which is not germane, although I had just dined on a very nic... from thepowerpoptalesintertubes https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/09/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1693575822580 PowerPop: La Fin de la Semaine Essay Question: Special "A Nightingale Sang in Forest Hills" Edition So a certain Shady Dame and I are back from London town, safe and sound. We had a terrific time, seeing and doing a lot of nifty things, inc... la fin de semaine https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/08/midweek-funny_22.html?showComment=1187817240000&m=0 PowerPop: Midweek Funny The Conchords channel The Move. Heh. I love psychedelia, even though I've never done acid. powerpopmidweekfunny https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/03/french-they-are-funny-race.html PowerPop: The French They Are a Funny Race.... ...but on the other hand, they seem to have had pretty good rock TV shows back in the day (1966). If "Barbara Ann" isn't your cup of tea, st... the frenchthey arepowerpopfunnyrace https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/02/your-moment-of-spinal-tap.html?showComment=1297790640993 PowerPop: Your Moment of Spinal Tap You know, I was going to post a clip of Lady Gaga 's not-as-smoothly-as-rehearsed emergence from a large vibrating egg at Sunday's Grammy A... your momentpowerpopspinaltap https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/02/weekend-listomanias-greatest-hits_27.html PowerPop: Weekend Listomania's Greatest Hits: Special Ain't It a Fwicking Shame Edition [I first posted this one back in 2010, apparently at a time I was extremely depressed about something or other. The irony, of course, is tha... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-machine-stops.html?showComment=1353511272620 PowerPop: The Machine Stops My computer died suddenly and/or I'm in Windows 7 hell. Back when or if this gets resolved short of suicide. Pray for me. Also: Mumfor... the machinepowerpopstops https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekend-listomania.html?showComment=1220874840000 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 feetpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2020/04/its-sweet-jane-week-part-ii.html?showComment=1588078135441 PowerPop: It's Sweet Jane Week (Part II): Lou!!!!!! From 2016 and his album World War Willie , please enjoy the incomparable Willie Nile (and band) and his transplendent cover of the Lou Reed... sweet janepart iipowerpopweeklou https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2014/04/ PowerPop: April 2014 An idiosyncratic blog dedicated to the precursors, the practioners, and the descendants of power pop. All suggestions for postings and sidebar links welcome,... powerpopapril https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/early-clue-to-new-direction_31.html?showComment=1201837740000 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction From 1967, here's The Hollies (featuring seriously underrated drummer Bobby Elliott ) and a killer live version of "Bus Stop," their absolu... to thepowerpopearlycluenew https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2015/11/cleveland-rocks-special-words-fail-me_5.html?showComment=1447083521756 PowerPop: Cleveland Rocks: Special Words Fail Me -- Clothes Make the Whoever Edition More cool togs (and other stuff) seen at the Hall of Fame last weekend. This one, of course, needs no introduction. The dress below was... words fail me https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/12/early-clue-to-new-direction_20.html?showComment=1198174380000&m=0 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction From 1980, here's magnificently coiffed former teen idol Rex Smith and his thrash metal classic "Woman." A coveted PowerPop No-Prize will b... to thepowerpopearlycluenew https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/11/and-speaking-of-gorgeous.html PowerPop: And Speaking of Gorgeous.... From 1968 and German television, please enjoy Procol Harum 's original classic lineup with the quite astonishing "Quite Rightly So." This is... speaking ofpowerpopgorgeous https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/09/man-i-cant-wait-to-hear-mickys-version.html?showComment=1695066060258 PowerPop: Man, I Can't Wait to Hear Micky's Version of "Radio Free Europe" From 2023, and the about to be released (November 3) EP Dolenz Sings R.E.M. , please enjoy Micky Dolenz , a/k/a the last surviving Monkee , ... 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... of thepowerpoptuesdaymomentworst https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/10/early-clue-to-new-direction.html?showComment=1191532380000 PowerPop: An Early Clue to the New Direction The artist: Janis Ian . The venue: The Smothers Brothers Show . The kvetching: "Society's Child." This was actually a pretty daring record i... to thepowerpopearlycluenew https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2023/02/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question_17.html?showComment=1676686373445 PowerPop: La Fin de la Semaine Essay Question: Special Chairman of the Board Edition From 1967, and produced by the incomparable Glyn Johns , please enjoy The Easybeats and one of the great lost singles of its decade -- "Hea... la fin de semainechairman of the board https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/09/moms-funeral-is-this-afternoon.html PowerPop Mom's funeral is this afternoon. It's been a long, long week. But regular posting will resume on Monday, if only to get my mind on somethi... powerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2017/11/paul-buckmaster-1946-2017_28.html?showComment=1511905345791 PowerPop: Paul Buckmaster 1946 - 2017 The greatest orchestral arranger in rock history -- hands down -- has passed. Buckmaster is best known for his collaborations with Elton ... paul buckmasterpowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/01/ PowerPop: January 2016 An idiosyncratic blog dedicated to the precursors, the practioners, and the descendants of power pop. All suggestions for postings and sidebar links welcome,... powerpopjanuary https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/01/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1705866969885 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... la fin de semainegreat performancespowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/12/weekend-listomania-special-rhythm-is.html?showComment=1733519289872 PowerPop: Weekend Listomania: Special "Rhythm is an Outmoded Western Conception*" Audio/Video... [An early version of this originally ran here in 2008, and obviously words fail me. I've rewritten a lot of it, dropped one entry and added ... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/01/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question.html?showComment=1705684626430 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... la fin de semainegreat performancespowerpop https://absolutepowerpop.blogspot.com/2009/12/ Absolute Powerpop: December 2009 A place to discover the latest and greatest in power pop releases. absolutepowerpopdecember https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-girls-week-monday-battle-of-bands.html?showComment=1322484292963 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 girlsof thepowerpopweekmonday https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/01/weekend-listomania-special-fashion.html?showComment=1201252440000 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 victimpowerpopweekendlistomaniaspecial https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/04/la-fin-de-la-semaine-essay-question_26.html?showComment=1714585909485 PowerPop: La Fin de La Semaine Essay Question: Special "The Times They Are A-Changin' -- Into What,... A friend writes: Wow. So I went back and read the lyrics to "Dawn of Correction" - the answer record to Barry McGuire 's Top Ten 1965 prot... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/03/ooh-my-my-you-are-big-one-arent-you.html PowerPop: "Ooh, my my, you ARE a big one, aren't you..." This has absolutely nothing to do with music, power pop or otherwise, but it just absolutely cracks me up, so I'm posting it anyway. Sue me.... a big oneyou arepowerpopooh https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-christmas.html PowerPop: Merry Christmas From the PowerPop family to yours. And from Liberal Mountain , too, where a young Mike Nesmith shares tea with a young Sinead O'Connor. powerpopmerrychristmas 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/2007/10/revolution-will-not-be-televised.html PowerPop: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Wow. Just finished my review of Steve Earle 's Washington Square Serenade , which will be live at the website of The Magazine Formerly Known... the revolutionpowerpop https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/02/yeah-its-another-early-clue-to-new.html?showComment=1265915918186 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... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/11/yet-this-claw-could-only-belong-to_14.html PowerPop: "Yet this claw could only belong to an arboreal creature -- like some impossible tree... Before we start this post, let me link to the most relevant thingy GARAGE HANGOVER . Okay, here we go. Hi Steve, I ran across your Floo... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2010/04/compare-and-contrast-babylon-is-burning_26.html PowerPop: Compare and Contrast: Babylon is Burning Remember the Great Folk Scare of the 60s? As a friend of mine once said, "that shit almost caught on." Okay, I've used that joke before, but... compare and contrastpowerpopbabylonburning https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2011/02/weekend-listomania-special-etaoin.html PowerPop: Weekend Listomania (Special Etaoin Shrdlu! Audio/Video Edition) Well, it's Friday, and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental [insert slightly salacious joke here] Fah Lo Suee and I are off to beaut... etaoin shrdluaudio videopowerpopweekendlistomania https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-concept-by-which-we-measure-our-pain.html?showComment=1489850418368 PowerPop: A Concept By Which We Measure Our Pain Holy shit -- it's Robbie Fulks day again! But seriously folks...I need to preface this song with a couple of caveats. First of all, I ... concept bypowerpopmeasurepain https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/weekend-listomania-special-smashing.html?showComment=1221312840000 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... tales from the crypt https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2008/09/great-lost-singles-of-sixties.html?showComment=1220882580000 PowerPop: Great Lost Singles of the Sixties It has come to our attention that "I Got a Line On You," by the vastly underrated Spirit , figures prominently in the new Coen Brothers film... of thepowerpopgreatlostsingles https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2024/12/your-monday-moment-of-pardon-me-but-im.html?showComment=1733754976726&m=0 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... https://powerpop.blogspot.com/2016/11/your-friday-moment-of-why-didnt-i-get_25.html PowerPop: Your Friday Moment of Why Didn't I Get the Memo? 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