Hmph … and just when you thought the Relic was done with this segment … geez …
Actually, the RelicMail’s been hit with a load of stuff I ordered from QVC … er, stuff I queried about from my kontakts, and I gottagotta share it with th’ rockin’est crew in the US of A!
That bein’ said, […]
Hey … y’all still with me out there?!?! Good! Now, how about givin’ me a hand in openin’ this vault again, huh??
ABBEY ROAD is known as the last music ever recorded by The Beatles, at least as a foursome. But what you didn’t know is that the last trax of side 2 were laid to […]
From the vault of the Rock Relic, this is … TRIVIA!
Okay, Rockaholics … here’s where we do a little nitpicking over the oldies rock scene. We’re diggin’ wayyyyyy down deep in the pile to find stuff you might not know concerning your faves:
For example, did you know that an airport in England used to play […]
Before we get to the third part of our series on Banned from Airplay, let me give you some of the latest news:
Over 20 million fans have requested tickets to the Led Zeppelin reunion concert, scheduled for Dec. 10 in London. This is prompting promoters to urge the group to consider a worldwide tour. As […]
We’re back … with more on banned records:
One novelty song that was banned from most airwaves during the late ’60s was Jerry Samuels’ They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaaa! (aka the story of my last marriage). Recorded under the name Napoleon XIV, Samuels added a twist to the product by recording the same song […]
I was going over a number of old charts the other day when I found a really amazing little list: It was of all the banned records that were trashed by radio stations over the years. Man, if you remember we’re at the tail-end of the 07, and these vinyls seem tame to what the […]
It was the nightclub to play, if you wanted to be “noticed” by record agents from LA to Boston. In fact, Elton John, James Taylor, Carole King and loads of folk artists called this California hotspot their West Coast home. The Troubadour, located on Santa Monica Blvd. in Los Angeles, is celebrating its big 5-0 […]
Over the past few months, I’ve gotten a number of emails at the RockRoom asking if I was any kin to this yokel (see the pic on the left). Yep, it’s the (infamous, crazy, weird) Unknown Hinson — a guy who puts the “sic” in “music”.
Actually, we are related somehow — don’t ask me how, […]
Y’know, it’s a cryin’ shame when ignorance stands in the way of a good, danceable record and some serious airplay.
For example, when The Five DuTones recorded their hit, Shake A Tail Feather, some Bible belt radio dropped them from their playlists because they didn’t think “Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather” […]
This photo reminds me of the great MDA Telethon in 2005, when dad Jerry Lewis sort of melded into son Gary Lewis’ Playboys’ set.
Natch, the man (Jerry) is one of the only true living comic legends we have left (and a dynamite actor. Witness his work on Law and Order: SVU a coupla seasons ago when […]
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