Milkmaids and milkmates from Ecuador to Estonia have been getting after me to refocus this blog on the Men of Milk. You were mildly amused when I assumed the role of musicologist, studiously analyzing the merits and warts of more…
Read moreOld School Critiques of YouTube Videos: #3, XTC, "Earn Enough For Us"
The opening scene of Gilmore Girls Season 1 Episode 12 parlays Britpop 'n pop tarts as hot thirtysomething mom Lorelai and teenage babe-spawn Rory ready themselves for work and school. The punchy, psychedelic-tinged soundtrack that practically leapt out of my…
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Old School Critiques of YouTube Videos: #2, Jay Livingston and Mr. Ed, "The Mr. Ed Theme"
Sixty years later, the goofy "The Mr. Ed Theme," crooned by by a talking horse stabled inside a suburban barn and a song pitcher, remains indelibly etched in the collective unconscious. "A horse is a horse of course of course"…
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Old School Critiques of YouTube Videos: #1, The Rolling Stones, "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown"
"Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown" never really flipped me when it came out in 1966. Apparently, it just needed a little time—a mere fifty-five years is all it took—to grow on me.
First Impressions
Here we have a pro shoot of the…
Old School Critiques of YouTube Videos: Series Preview
A lot of folks ineligible for Social Security might be astounded to learn just how much "ink" print media lavished on music reviews in the sixties and seventies. Magazine spreads ran two, three, four pages or even longer. Eagerly-anticipated albums…
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