Xanadu: 40 Years Later
Forty years after its release, I consider Xanadu to be not only a cult classic, but a true guilty pleasure. “Cheesy” doesn’t even begin to describe it, yet that’s at the heart of its delightfully perverse charm. Now, that’s entertainment! Initially panned by critics, Xanadu cannot be watched with anything resembling a serious mindset, nor …
Marc Bolan: 20th Century Boy
Marc Bolan was a singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and poet. He was the lead singer of the band T. Rex and was one of the pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s. Born Mark Feld, Bolan was given a guitar by his father at age 9. He formed a skiffle band, and …
Little River Band: Cool Changes
Formed in 1974 in Melbourne Australia, Little River Bandworked through many obstacles, and numerous band member changes, to finally achieve the success they craved, only to lose it due to personality conflicts. In late 1974, using the band name Mississippi, Beeb Birtles, Graeham Goble, Derek Pellicci and Glenn Shorrock met with newly hired talent manager …
The story behind … “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
There is usually quite an interesting story behind hit songs like Do They Know It’s Christmas?” This particular story starts in early October 1984 in England, where Bob Geldof of Boomtown Rats fame, was watching television, and saw a BBC news report about the horrible famine in Ethiopia. This disaster had resulted from a very …
Rocky Horror Picture Show A Retro Review
What do you get when you cross a sweet, young, newly engaged couple with a house full of raving mad lunatics? You get one of the greatest cult classic films of all time! Rocky Horror Picture Show is a campy, musical spoof on the haunted-castle horror movie, encompassing a ’70s glam-rock world of androgyny with …
George Harrison: What Is Life?
Forever known as “the quiet Beatle”, George Harrison was more an observer, a thinker, an innovator, and a man who was truly unafraid to try new things. George was also the youngest Beatle but was very much an old soul. Harrison’s love of music started in the womb, with his mother playing music from Radio …
Charlie Watts: Get Off My Cloud
What can I possibly say about Charlie Watts that hasn’t already been said? The man was and still is, an icon, a legend. One of the greatest drummers to ever grace the stage. Perhaps my favorite thing about him was his loyalty and faithfulness. Always a very private man, Watts even kept his marriage from …
Battle of the Bands: When the Famous Fight
Being in a band can be so tough. When you’re writing songs, recording albums, touring the world, and doing it all with the same exact people day after day, relationships can become a little strained, to say the least. It’s like being in any family – you fight, you get mad, then you make up …
The Five Best Animated Christmas Shows
What are of the 5 Best Animated Christmas Shows? As a kid, I think we all had favorites, and I think many of us will agree with this list. From the 60s – 90s, these are the ones we feel have best stood the test of time. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (the TV Special)Rudolph the …
FRIENDS: The Reunion
Show creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman were good friends and roommates in New York City in their 20s. Their lives, loves and friends are the material they utilized to create the epic television show, FRIENDS, that captured the hearts of millions all over the world. But the story behind it is so much more. …