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Blerd Radio 2016 | Episode 1; Son Of Chart Attack (1/1/83)
New Blerd Radio podcast, and we’re headed back to 1983 to sample some Toto-licious chart delights! Does that sound gross?
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Family Man”
Dr. Gonzo: BLERD, I’M A BUSY MAN Blerd: Ha! i didnt even see you there! My fault…i was deep into the book i was reading. So, I thought about five different songs we could use today…at least! Kept changing my mind. G: It’s good to have options. B: Oh man, you’d have had PLENTY of em. But in the end, I narrowed it down to one song. So, without further ado… G: bddddddddddddddddddddd (ed. note: I believe this is supposed […]
Blerd Appreciation: Toto
A couple of weeks ago, in between listening to “Human Nature” and playing my copy of Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees, it came to me. Toto doesn’t get near enough props. People talk about Toto as if they were the representation of everything wrong with the music industry in the early Eighties. Too slick, too processed, no soul. Boring yacht rock. Instead of “slick”, I’d call them “talented”. Boring yacht rock? Yeah, that was their M.O. on occasion (and way more […]
The Idiot Box: “Community” Knocks It Out of the Park
Our biggest problem as Americans is that we want what we want NOW, and it better be good or else. The problem with that (at least when it comes to art) is that we don’t always give things the chance to evolve and turn our backs on something we could potentially enjoy a great deal just because it doesn’t feel like we’re enjoying it enough at that particular moment. I waffled on NBC’s “Community” big-time last season. Initially, I thought […]
The Disco 100: #30-#21-To Be Reeeee-al!!
Wouldn’t ya know it? We’re closing in on the home stretch with this here countdown. Any songs you particularly surprised to not see on the list yet? If you haven’t been following, catch up with the last 10 entries on the list , and feel free to backtrack from there. Now, onward and upward… 30) “Got to Be Real” by Cheryl Lynn One of the most spirited performances on any song, never mind any disco song. “Got to Be Real” has to be one of the […]