A Salvation Army band played And the children drank lemonade And the morning lasted all day, All day –From Life in a Northern Town I was looking up songs the other day that were popular in 1986. I wanted to find something to put with the presentation I did for the 25th anniversary of the […]
Rock Song Lullabies For Your Baby
I can’t believe the news today Oh, I can’t close my eyes And make it go away –From U2 and Sunday Bloody Sunday Rock Song Lullabies Galore! Rockabye Baby features a line of CDs that transform popular rock songs into lullaby music for babies and parents (even grandparents). (Digital downloads are also available.) I […]
miXtape 80s musical premiers in San Diego
What’s not to love about a mixtape 80s musical? Just nothing! MiXtape: The Musical Journey Through the 80s is a journey of more than 70 tunes from the 1980s. I love that the X in miXtape is capitalized as a tribute to Generation X.. The musical, by Jon Lorenz (check out this guy’s Facebook profile photo) and […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me: MTV Quits Generation X
Earlier this week, Van Toffler, the president of MTV told a gathering of the Hollywood Television and Radio Society that his cable television network was pushing Generation X out. I have a news flash for Toffler. We dumped the network a long time ago. TwentyFourBit writes: We’ve known for years that they’re moving on from that […]
Rainbow Records Memoir #2
I think my most popular blog post to date was the one I wrote just a short time ago about Rainbow Records. I have received at least a dozen emails requesting a digital copy of the photo, and most recently received a Rainbow Record memoir in the form of a comment about the beloved store, […]
Oklahoma City’s Rainbow Records = Vacuum Junkyard
80s Record Store: Rainbow Records, OKC In 1987, I visited Rainbow Records in Oklahoma City for the first time. I went by way of Ken and Phil, two of my favorite college buddies. The store was located in an historic blond brick building with brown brick trim at the the corner of NW 23rd and […]
My Oklahoma Home
I’m a roamin’ Oklahoman, but I’m always close to home And I’ll never get homesick ’til I die No matter where I’m found, my home is all around My Oklahoma home is in the sky –From Bill and Agnes Cunningham’s My Oklahoma Home In 1965, Oklahoma Dust Bowl Refugee Bill Cunningham along with sister Agnes […]