“I’ve gotten letters from funeral directors telling me that it’s their second-most-requested song to play at memorial services, next to ‘Danny Boy’.” – Norman Greenbaum, singer and songwriter of “Spirit In The Sky”. Starting in the late 1960’s and really starting to take hold by the early 1970’s was a new type of popular music that […]
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The Guess Who (60 mins. of music)
“As a member of Guess Who, I think ‘No Time’ was the best thing we ever did. It was a pivotal song in our career.” – Burton Cummings, lead singer, The Guess Who Starting off as a blues-based garage rock band in Winnipeg, the band we now know as The Guess Who originally were called […]
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Net Neutrality and Local LGBTQ Leadership
https://youtu.be/ad-ALk0xVok THIS IS A POST FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED PDX PRIDE THIS YEAR AND TO VOICE MY ABSOLUTE DISGUST WITH LGBTQ LEADERSHIP IN OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON ABOUT NET NEUTRALITY. Attorney Ajit Pai IS the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He is also a Trump appointee and a former lawyer for Verizon. […]
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Third Annual Alzheimer’s Prevention Dance Music Program
Welcome to our third annual Alzheimer’s Prevention show, where I take the research of scientists who have done incredible work toward preventing this disease to possible good use for all of you. How, you may ask? It seems that dancing may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease by increasing the flow of oxygen to […]
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Diana Ross and the Hard History Lesson
Last Sunday, during the American Music Awards show, Diana Ross was presented with a lifetime achievement award. Now, this may seem like a real no-brainer. Though she hasn’t had many big hits here at home in many years, her legacy is undeniable. Some highlights: Ross grew up in the Brewster-Douglass Projects, considered some of the […]
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Atlantic Records 70th: Rock Music (free stream or download)
“Fifty years from now, people will still be listening to Led Zeppelin. They won’t even remember me.” – Ahmet Ertegun, founder and former president, Atlantic Records. Recently, I told a potential listener that this program was political in nature, as few other music anthology programs are attempting to ensure that the contributions of people of […]
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Atlantic Records 70th: Black Music (free stream or download)
“As I grew up, I began to discover a little bit about the situation of black people in America and experienced an immediate empathy with the victims of such senseless discrimination. Because although the Turks were never slaves, they were regarded as enemies within Europe because of their Muslim beliefs.” – Ahmet Ertegun, founder and […]
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