Happy Memorial Day!
Always remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our freedom. We are all in your debt and continue to be proud to have so many men and women with the courage and honor to serve in our military branches.
Thank You!!
Happy birthday to Robbie Steinhardt, of the Prog-Rock band Kansas!
Classically trained as a violin player, he moved over to Rock and Roll. His playing made Kansas a very interesting band to me, and (along with Rush’s 2112) helped me gain an interest in more complicated music.
My parents heard *tons* of this band as I grew up, especially 1976’s Leftoverture and 1977’s Point of Know Return, and then all their earlier albums. I can still hear my dad singing “How Long… How Long… DO I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS SONG!?” ;-)
Happy Birthday Bob Moog!!
Happy birthday Moz! Celebrate by watching a bunch of Smiths and Morrissey concerts… :)
Milestones: Morrissey is 53 today; watch 12 full Smiths, Moz concerts from 1983-2012
Happy birthday to Mr. David Byrne (born in 1952) of the ground breaking and wonderful band Talking Heads! Here is a video from their amazing live “Stop Making Sense” film… :)
Happy 30th to “House of Fun”; one of my favorite songs from Madness! :)
Madness’s “House of Fun” single came out May 14, 1982. Here’s the original promo video. Boy, did early MTV ever play a lot of this one.
Happy 30th to this amazing slice of New Wave… Thomas Dolby’s “The Golden Age of Wireless” :)
Thomas Dolby’s album “The Golden Age of Wireless” came out May 13, 1982. Here’s a TV performance of “Windpower” from that era.
Happy 27th to one of my favorite New Order albums… “Low Life” :)
New Order, ‘Low-Life.’ Released on May 13, 1985 — exactly 27 years ago today.
“Don’t Worry about a thing, cause every little thing’s gonna be alright…”
R.I.P. to Bob Marley, who died 31 years ago today.
Happy 30th to New Order’s amazing song “Temptation”… I got to see them play it 5 years later in Cleveland. :)
New Order’s “Temptation” single came out May 11, 1982. Here’s an amazing 1984 performance in the BBC studios—fascinating how similar this is to the slightly later “Perfect Kiss” video in some ways!
