I ordered the CD entitled Temper by twin-cities singer-songwriter Bec Smith a couple weeks ago. She has two releases. Temper came out seven years ago. (I'm a little tardy). Her latest album is blessing and was released less than a year ago.Bec emailed me to say she was down to her box of Temper, and since she felt that it had taken her too long to locate said box, she was throwing in a copy of ble
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Hooray for Bec Smith
Psychic Archie
I wish I had the time to give you the definitive bio on Psychic Archie, an alternative rock band from the 1980s that hailed from Topeka, KS. What am I saying. Time? I'm actually not an authority on the band. That's what's preventing me from issuing a definitive bio. We knew them at KJHK from two songs: No Pictures of Dad and I Never Loved her. The first was on tape cartridge and the latter appeare
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You Are Trusting Me All Zee Time
Come in, sit down. It's raining out there tonight, eh? Here, let me take your wrap. Sit.There are no accidents. You are here for a reason. Believe in zee you of now.This is my MOG. You like it, yes? I think we shall be good friends, no?
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One Blog At a Time is All I Can Handle
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I couldn't let a year go by without posting something here at MOG. I've been listening to the exciting Big Dipper retrospective on Merge records called "Supercluster". Look for that in the recent add section of my music collection.
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Best Wedding Band Ever
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Great Moments in Rock 'n' Roll with Joel Orff
My virtual friend Joel Orff is a free lance cartoonist who inks the seminal comic strip, Great Moments in Rock 'n' Roll, for the Pulse of the Twin Cities newspaper. I wanted to share a strip we collaborated on because I've been posting about musical memories of long ago. Here are three college radio memories captured in cartoon form. The best part is that he's still drawing and he always needs an
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Led Zeppelin Served Me Well
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My house is around the corner from our local high school. I took my seven year-old to the basketball game tonight. It was senior night; last game for three players. A placard in the commons featured a brief bio of each young man. The tallest, a 6 foot 11 inch center named Matt, who deked several shorter foes around the basket on the court, stated his favorite band was Led Zeppelin. It took me back
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