And love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah... Car maker Fiat recently commissioned a study through the University of London to determine the most iconic songs of all time. Topping the list is the Generation X angst-filled anthem, Smells...
Love it or hate it, there's a Band Aid remake and it's the fastest selling single of 2014. In 1984, Band Aid brought famous musicians together to raise awareness and money to fight famine in Ethiopia. In 2014, the song was remade with some of the old talent along...
For a brief time, I did a series called The Jennifer Chronicles. I miss doing it every time I come across a Jennifer like Jenn Grant. Grant is a Generation X folk singer and songwriter that hails from Canada. She was born on Prince Edward Island in 1980. When her...
{ We are just four people who like to make music together and thus...pass on a piece of God's love. -- La Diju } For nearly 30 years, I have loved the song No Surrender by Bruce Springsteen. Well, now young faces grow sad and old And hearts of fire grow cold We swore...
What is a Mixtape? Affection for the mixtape (mixed tape or mix tape) just seems to grow and grow. A homemade compilation of favorite songs by different artists, it is now legendary. They were a real mainstay of Generation X adolescence and youth, and I made dozens of...
I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night --From R.E.M. and The Flowers of Guatemala Summers During College During the summer of 1986 (or was it 1987?) I lived with...
I wanna go back to when I was the winner Way before the rain came And washed away the sinners Everyone was someone and And I could never do any wrong -- From Butch Walker and the Black Widows, Summer of 89 A friend of mine posted this earlier today on Facebook. It's a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...