The decades-old debate over the meaning of The Association’s first big hit, “Along Comes Mary,” is due to the basic slipperiness of its lyri...

Bent Sørensen of Aalberg University (Denmark) left a comment in connection with my blog entry yesterday on Susan Atkins. I encourage every...

Those who follow my blog will remember that this past May, in a series of entries, I followed the forensic excavation that took place at the...

Cover illustration courtesy of Michael Easton and Christopher Shy Yesterday I had the pleasure of reading Michael Easton’s and Christopher ...

Having my abscessed wisdom tooth pulled a couple of days ago has to be one of the most miserably painful experiences of my life despite the ...

Surprisingly, one discovers the word falsetto , literally meaning “false soprano,” actually has two different meanings at answers.com. One d...

Turner Classic Movies is showing some rare and unusual films from the 60s today for those interested. A couple of the films aired on TCM abo...

In music, melisma , commonly known as "vocal runs" or simply "runs," is the technique of changing the note (pitch) of a ...

Today, July 7, is Ringo Starr's 68th birthday (born 1940)--Happy Birthday, Ringo! According to his official website , the Beatles' f...

Introduced to the rock world at the Monterey Pop Festival , held June 16-18 1967, the Moog synthesizer was the most sophisticated and expens...

Having listened intently the past few days to the Band’s first album, Music From Big Pink (1968), today I found myself compelled to begin l...

Previously, in my blog entries of May 16 and May 31 , I have discussed my experiment of trying to listen to all the rock and R&B albums...