Although initially invented in response to a request by trumpet player Clyde McCoy, who'd asked the Vox corporation for an electronic de...

“Border blasters” is the phrase broadcasters use to refer to the so-called “X stations”—Mexican radio stations—because the call letters of e...

The Mellotron, a keyboard instrument that was featured in early psychedelic music and later became an essential fixture of “Progressive” ban...

Previously, in my blog entries of May 16 , May 31 , and July 1 I have discussed my experiment of trying to listen to all the rock and R...

I suspect I’m like most people who, faced with a long road trip, grab a stack of CDs to take along with them in the car. (I've never ado...

The decades-old debate over the meaning of The Association’s first big hit, “Along Comes Mary,” is due to the basic slipperiness of its lyri...

Bent Sørensen of Aalberg University (Denmark) left a comment in connection with my blog entry yesterday on Susan Atkins. I encourage every...

Those who follow my blog will remember that this past May, in a series of entries, I followed the forensic excavation that took place at the...

Cover illustration courtesy of Michael Easton and Christopher Shy Yesterday I had the pleasure of reading Michael Easton’s and Christopher ...

Having my abscessed wisdom tooth pulled a couple of days ago has to be one of the most miserably painful experiences of my life despite the ...

Surprisingly, one discovers the word falsetto , literally meaning “false soprano,” actually has two different meanings at answers.com. One d...

Turner Classic Movies is showing some rare and unusual films from the 60s today for those interested. A couple of the films aired on TCM abo...