DENNY DOHERTY, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, died Friday at 66 after a short illness. He had suffered kidney problems following surgery last month and had…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with THE RAMONES on Don Kirshner's… Rock Concert circa May 1977. Part 1 includes: “Listen To My Heart”; “California Sun”; “Judy Is A Punk”; and “I Don't Wanna Walk…
Read MoreAMERICA with RYAN ADAMS & BEN KWELLER play “Ride On” for Dave Letterman on The Late Show.CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: The band's next album is due Jan. 30th, but you can…
Read MoreTHE HOLD STEADY was “Stuck Between Stations” on The Late Show with David Letterman the same night Madge stopped by.THE SMITHEREENS' frontman Pat DiNizio tells the Boston Globe that Meet the Smithereens…
Read MoreDANCE THIS MESS AROUND with The B-52's, circa 1979, on the Show That Cannot Be Named, though whoever posted “Rock Lobster” did, so catch 'em before the lawyers do! BONUS: 25 years…
Read MoreMLK DAY starts with a vintage clip of Dion playing “Abraham, Martin & John.” The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't set out to be a great man. He was a Baptist…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with JIMI HENDRIX at MONTEREY: Like you couldn't see this coming all week. Surprisingly, it's not all on the Tube, but we do have “Killing Floor” (intro by Brian…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 4 of this theme week offers some performances from the documentary, plus outtakes. Janis Joplin, with Big Bother and the Holding Company sizzle through “Ball and Chain” and “Combination…
Read MoreMONTEREY POP: Day 3 of this theme week is a grab-bag of performances that did not make the original documentary. Monkee Peter Tork introduces Buffalo Springfield playing “For What It's Worth” with…
Read MoreTHE WHO at the MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL: Day 2 of my Monterey theme week has the lads wailing their way through “Substitute” (introduced by Brian Jones), “Summertime Blues,” a bootleg clip of…
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