The Day The Music Died, Redux
Sean MurphyWhere were you? I was in my mother's bedroom, kissing her goodbye before I caught the school bus, and I heard the horrible news on the clock radio (incidentally, I…
For You Blue: Remembering The Beatles’ “Blue Album”
Let us not forget, it’s the “Blue Album”. Before it was the cassette, the eight-track, CD or digital download, it was a record, played on things called record players. And…
And in the end the list you take is equal to the list you make…
So: it's been five full decades that The Beatles have dominated music, our minds and, increasingly our wallets. Although its release was an understated affair, you might have heard something…
Alligator Lizards in the Air: In Search of the Sublimely Awful Lyric
I can think of a lot of rock bands who have written some laughably awful lyrics. So can you. Part of rock and roll's infectious (and mostly innocuous) appeal is…
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me…Sell Me
There is a reason The Beatles are considered the greatest band ever. It's simple, really: they are the greatest band ever. After them, it's a fair fight for second place,…
A Splendid Time Is Not Guaranteed For All
The Easy Star All-Stars, to their credit, do not believe in half-measures. In 2003, they introduced themselves to the world with their reggae reimagining of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of…
The Whiteness of the Whale (or, It Was 40 Years Ago Today…)
Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest idealized significance it calls up a peculiar…
The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder
The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder (Popmatters.com Review) http://www.popmatters.com/pm/tv/reviews/57999/tom-snyder-the-tomorrow-show-with-tom-snyder-dvd/ The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder by Sean Murphy Before Conan O’Brien in the ‘90s and David Letterman in the ‘80s,…