Back in the summer of1997, one couldn't walk out of their house without hearing someone humming, blaring, or damning to Hell that juicy nugget of pop rock that was Hanson's "MMMBop". Depending on... Continue reading ""MMMBro": Hanson And Other Rock And Roll Bands Of Brothers" >
"Now hold on a minute. Are you auditioning for Worst Caller of 2009? Is this what this is? No?" -- Tom, asking Spike if he's getting an early jump on the competition "Hi-ho, Kermit, the, Frog here. One day we'll find / It's The Rainbow Connection / Tom Scharpling, the dreamers, and meeeee . La-de-da-de- dadeda ." -- Kermit the Frog (David at Montclair State), serenading the host/air hockey champion "A night where the celebrities shine, and the mutants are ... somehow at the top of the ladder for [...]
The shrill signature of the Jesus And Mary Chain is once again ringing in the air thanks to the recent reunion and Stephin Merritt's album-length mash-note to the band's classic early records, kicking off my yearly JAMC binge a little earlier than usual. (Maybe its the surf residue around their guitars, but I tend to think of the pallid Reid brothers as purveyors of summertime sounds.) The announcer at the beginning of this 1985 U.K. TV appearance mentions the infamous, press-aggrandized "riots" that greeted their earliest gigs, but the dutiful kids in the audience merely bop their '80s ponytails [...]