Part I of this book list can be found here. Thanks to everyone who responded so enthusiastically to the first music-themed book list. I appreciate your interest and input. That… Read More »Book Reviews For Music Lovers: My Favourite Music-Themed Books of All-Time: Part II
In Part #1 of this three-part series, I took a look at an incident that happened recently in my home province of Nova Scotia. In this incident, an uproar ensued… Read More »Teacher Stories…Post 3 out of 3: In Remembrance of Peace
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome back to my blog, everyone! I took the summer off to spend time with my family so today’s post marks my first completed effort since the end… Read More »Today’s Top 40: September 18, 2024: Road Trip Edition
The story behind today’s song is one of taxes, music history that didn’t involve Deep Purple and music history that did. How “Smoke on the Water” came to be recorded… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #51/250: Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
I have no scientific research to back up what I am about to say but I am sure that it must have been quite the revelation to the first cave… Read More »Places, Everyone…Venue #5/25: The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
For all the talk about Punk rock being a UK thing or a New York thing, it may come as a surprise to some to know that at the same… Read More »Who’s Punk?! What’s the Score?!…Song #15/21: Picture My Face by Teenage Head
First things first, my apologies to all of my Jewish friends for not having gotten this post out last week when Hanukkah was in full effect. The realities of life… Read More »Keepin’ It Classy: Composition #48/50…See, the Conquering Hero Comes by George Frideric Handel
As the year 2000 rolled along, Bahamian singing group The Baha Men released a song entitled “Who Let The Dogs Out”. In an instant, “Who Let The Dogs Out” was… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes: Song #38/250: Who Let The Dogs Out By Baha Men
Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Edition: Part #3 ***You can read Parts #1 and #2 of this series here and here. In today’s edition of News and Notes we… Read More »News and Notes For This Day: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Edition: Part #2 In yesterday’s post *(which you can read here) we talked a bit about how the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame… Read More »News and Notes For This Day: Tuesday, November 7, 2023