If any conservative had said this.....my god they'd be drawn, quartered and shot. Klaatu was underappreciated in their time. Purveyors of Bright Pop Music of the finest kind, they were in fect so eclectic, so varied in their approach, that their talents may well have worked against them. Much like The Turtles a decade before, Klaatu would often sound like totally different bands, not j...
**??THEY REPROCESSED THEIR BRAINS??** Yesterday, All across America we celebrated our independence. We paraded and BBQ'd and partied and played and from what I understand there may have been some drinking involved in certain quarters.I gotta tell you foks, I'm a sucker for fireworks. I love 'em. And living in the crowded northeast corridor there are fireworks close by every night since Mond...
Ok.......to review. Klaatu, the band, sky rocketed to the very edge of fame in 1976 based on rumors that one or more, perhaps even four, Beatles were involved. These rumors were started by a speculative piece written by a mischevious music critic in the employ of Rhode Island's own Providence Journal. ("projo" to some.. "The Urinal" to others). For some reason, (slow news cycle?) the...
Today I met Maria y Hector, from Guatalmala. I was stuck on the side of I-95 and they stopped to see if they could help. Hector called his brother who came out with a tow truck and towed my Kia to a yard in N. Providence. Hector & his brother diagnosed the problem, (water pump), while Maria & Olga started cooking. Hector made another call, and another call and soon his cousin shows up wi...
The following is from an article by David BradleyKlaatuWho are they?In 1976 a rumor started circulating in the United States that the Beatles had recorded and released a new album under the pseudonym of "Klaatu" and sales of that record shot way up. The rumor went something like this:The Beatles supposedly recorded an album in mid 1966 that was to be a follow up to Revolver but the master tapes...