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The Newsletter That Sends You Back to the Classic Rock, Prog, Pop, & Punk Rock '70s!
Music exploration + discover what it was like hanging with Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Ramones, Sex Pistols & many more! Home of the popular "Audio…
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Tune Tag #6 with Britta Pejic: Bowie, Small Faces, U2, Chris de Burgh & More!
Tune Tag, for this round, travels through many genres, many eras, and many decades!
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Tune Tag #5 with Steve Goldberg: The Genesis Edition--Peter Gabriel, Paula Cole, Phil Collins, Roxy Music & More!
It takes two to tangle:👂The Earworms & Song Loops maestro matches Tune-Taggin' wits with FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE! The results: Malodorous👃or…
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🎵🐐Tune Tag #4 with Andrew Smith (Goatfury): Ambrosia, Genesis, Beatles, Jennifer Holliday, Phil Collins, Stephen Stills
It's wild! It's wooly! It's the magical musical game of Tune Tag! One song leads to another, with surprising twists and turns in style, era, and genre…
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🎵Tune Tag #3 with Nic Briscoe of "The Song's the Thing": Bowie, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Cher
It's the magical musical game of Tune Tag, where one song leads to another, with surprising twists and turns in style, era, and genre! Join the fun!
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🏖3️⃣Style and Tenor: Jack Black, The Association, The Murderer...and Me
THIS IS PART 3️⃣ OF THE EXCLUSIVE "SUMMER HOT-SOME ARE CHILL" PAID SERIES! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND...ENJOY!
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Bleating Gums: Goatfury's Old-School Punk Primer--Misfits, Crass, Death, DKs, Vice Squad!
Andrew Smith's guest-post from the mosh pit features the down-low on old-school punk from one who knows: Substack's "Goatfury Writes" scribe roars about…
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Pure Pop Progeny #1: Steve March-Tormé, "Lucky," United Artists Records, 1977
Steve March, The Velvet Fog's little mist-er, gave the pop-rock lane a try, but eventually found a career learning and then leaning into Dad's musical…
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Tune Tag #2 with Andy of "The Vinyl Room": Mariah, Sting, Sinatra, Ella, Bowie & More!
The magical musical game of Song Baton, or Tune Tag, where one song leads to another, with surprising twists and turns in style, era, and genre! Join…
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Tune Tag #1 with DJ Val: "Love in Your Eyes"-Eno, Pond, Frampton, Gabriel
Creative song volleys ensue as DJ Val's Track du Jour does battle with FRONT ROW & BACKSTAGE! What song would YOU have chosen?
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Unearthing The Dead Boys: Young, Loud, & More Than a Footnote In the Punk Pantheon
A brief convo with guitarist Jimmy Zero in 1977 revealed a surprising influence that mirrors the musical drive of Sire Records' OTHER buzzsaw punkers…
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