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Funkytowngrooves Bows Down To The Boss With Diana Ross Reissues

by MJ on Jul 29, 2014 • No Comments

Diana Ross’s RCA Records catalog is getting the remaster/reissue treatment, courtesy of Funkytowngrooves.

Jheri Curl Fridays: “Shadow Dancing”

by MJ on Feb 28, 2014 • 2 Comments

Jheri Curl Fridays / music

Get ready to shadow dance your Friday away with the help of Ndugu and this week’s Jheri Curl Fridays column.

bLISTerd: The 100 Best Albums of the ’70s: Part Nine

by MJ on Mar 22, 2013 • 5 Comments

bLISTerd / Lists! / music / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

We’re in crunchtime on our best of the ’70s list! Mick and Keef have a few things to say to you, though.

New Release Report 6/12/12: Usher, Rush, Bobby Womack & More

by MJ on Jun 12, 2012 • No Comments

Country Music / music / New Release Report / New Releases / news / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

The members of Rush make their triumphant return this week with a new album! Find out what other artists are releasing projects in our latest New Release Report!

Chart Stalker 8/11/11: Spirit of ’75

by MJ on Aug 11, 2011 • 2 Comments

hip-hop / music / New Releases / news / Pop Music / rock music / soul music

Yet another boring week on the Billboard album charts. Adele spends a 12th week at the top of the charts with 21, although she only needed to sell 70,000 albums to do it. Country star Trace Adkins and singer/songwriter type Mat Kearney debut in the Top Five. The biggest news comes from hipster-pop band Foster the People, as their debut album, Torches, jumps into the Top 20 and “Pumped Up Kicks” looks to be one of the year’s surprise hits. […]

Award Show Sundays: You Should Be Dancing

by MJ on Mar 20, 2011 • No Comments

award shows / music / Pop Music

For this week’s edition of Award Show Sundays, I’ve decided to not only travel back in time to 1997, but we’re going across the pond to the U.K. for the Brit Awards. That year, the people who organize that particular ceremony saw fit to honor Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, AKA The Bee Gees. I believe this marks two consecutive Sundays (or at least two out of three) that we’ve done a piece on the Gibb brothers, but this performance […]

The 5ive at 5: They Went Solo Too (#1)

by MJ on Nov 5, 2010 • No Comments

Lists! / music / Pop Music / soul music

Because I couldn’t think of a clear cut favorite for this week’s 5ive, I’m gonna be a lame-o and give it to a general concept: The Family Group. When you’re in a group or a band, the natural order of things dictates that eventually you’re gonna spread your wings and fly solo-at least temporarily. Once ego comes into play, that need to fly alone increases, especially in cases where more than one band member feels as though they are most […]

Hump Day Flashback: Samantha Sang

by MJ on Jul 7, 2010 • No Comments

Hump Day Flashback / Pop Music

For a time in the late Seventies, EVERYTHING the Bee Gees touched turned to gold. In late 1977/early 1978, songs written or performed by Barry, Robin and Maurice held the top spot on the Billboard Top 100 for half a year! “Night Fever”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “Stayin’ Alive”, “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water”, “Shadow Dancing” (both hits for younger brother Andy) and “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman were all chart-toppers. Plus, there was Frankie Valli’s […]

The Disco 100 #50-#41: Whatcha Doing on Your Back??

by MJ on Mar 26, 2010 • 1 Comment

Lists! / Michael Jackson / music

Here’s the obligatory flashback to the previous 10 entries on my list. Off we go to the second half of our countdown of danceable, delectable, disco delights. I promise that there will be no more attempts at really gay-sounding alliteration going forward. 50. “The Chase” by Giorgio Moroder I’ve never seen “Midnight Express”, but something tells me that Moroder’s pulsing theme was the best thing about the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akyx5iu_z8Y

The Bird & the Bee's Tribute to the Masters of Blue-Eyed Soul

by MJ on Mar 23, 2010 • No Comments

music / New Releases / Pop Music

I generally turn my nose at covers albums. I can’t even remember the last one that I actually liked. The new project from the Bird & the Bee, though, is interesting enough that I’m willing to temporarily lift my ban on entire albums of remakes. The dream-pop duo from Los Angeles is releasing “Interpreting the Masters; A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates” today. Yes, you read that correctly. Not too many years after H2O’s own somewhat ill-advised covers […]

Tuesday Night Fever!!!

by MJ on Mar 18, 2010 • No Comments

music / Pop Music / TV

…and today’s Thursday. Oh well… I think out of the late night talk show hosts, Jimmy Fallon’s done the best job of providing “musical moments” as of late. Jimmy’s a huge music fan and he even released an album back in the day (I must admit, I loved “Idiot Boyfriend”). Tuesday night, he had Robin and Barry Gibb (the surviving Bee Gees) on his show, which was notable for two reasons. One, because Robin and Barry had a pretty heavy […]

MisenPOPic Radio Episode 4: Turn the Beat Around

by MJ on Feb 23, 2010 • 2 Comments

Lists! / music / pop culture

In this week’s episode of MisenPOPic Radio, me and Mikey are taking all of you into the wayback machine and landing in the age of disco!! In addition to a general discussion of why disco never died, a rundown of the genre’s best songs, and a couple of book recommendations, here’s what you get: -Lots and lots of Mikey singing-including a tour de force rendition of Cheryl Lynn’s “Got to Be Real” to open the show. -A plug for Larry […]