Aimee Mann — Bachelor No. 2 or, The Last Remains of the Dodo
This was the album that gave me an absolutely stunning introduction to Aimee Mann. I knew her name from years before with ‘Til Tuesday, and had probably heard about her […]
This was the album that gave me an absolutely stunning introduction to Aimee Mann. I knew her name from years before with ‘Til Tuesday, and had probably heard about her […]
I belong to a lovely little Facebook group of mostly local music aficionados, who actually get together in person from time to time. (It’s kinda like back when we had […]
I don’t know how, and I’m not sure I should admit this, but I made it through the ’70s without ever procuring a copy of Tapestry. It came out in […]
I believe this is a first: a record that I owned as a teenager, subsequently got rid of – most likely out of embarrassment –– and have now procured again, a […]
I’ve always had a weak spot for Jackie DeShannon. Her version of Bacharach/David’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love” is one of the earliest songs I really have a […]
November, 2016: a time when we were going places and doing new things. Only two years in our new life as Phoenixville empty nesters, and we were mostly making friends […]
I first woke up to popular music just about the time I entered seventh grade, 1972-73. I had been given an AM clock radio and suddenly the whole world of […]
I loved Harry Chapin. His story songs were just part of what it was to listen to music in the ’70s. I had a number of his hits or at […]
There are some artists to whom I feel like I owe an apology. Karla Bonoff would be one. I’ve already written about how, despite my absolute, total love for her […]
Karla Bonoff did a tour in support of “Restless Nights,” and, quite enamored of her debut album, the Woman Who Would Become My Wife (WWWBMW? 3WBMW? Or maybe just Lee) […]