THIS guy...🔥👍🔥

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN!!! And THANK YOU for the music, the laughs, the love & the lessons. We’ll be forever in your debt…✊🏼🎙️🎸❤️ #happybirthdayjohnlennon #johnlennon #thebeatles #yokoono #liverpool #newyorkcity #musicislife

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L.A. Locals: Get to The Other Space theater in WeHo & see KEVIN KELLY in a role he was born to play as ‘DANNY BOY’. Go here for tix: www.onstage411.com/DannyBoy and use code LETUSIN for discounted/FREE tix. Stellar members of The Actors Studio. A mix of a Cassavettes &/or Scorsese production!

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‘Days Gone Down’. Toluca Lake, Burbank, CA. Sep. 21st, 2025 - THIS is the kind of magical light I saw in photos & film that drew this then-CT. boy out to CA. 32 years ago this month in 1993. Home ever since… 🌅 🌅 🌅 ‘Days Gone Down’ by Gerry Rafferty: youtu.be/I_4T0czSPrg?...

Remember: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption and plunder. [Cartoon by Jace Avery]

Disney+ already cancelled. Hulu newly cancelled. ESPN, never had it. ABC advertisers, you’re next on the list to be boycotted.

Watch the Dutch kick Disney in their tiny mouse gonads…

Watch an hour of Phil Collins as an MTV Guest VJ in 1983. Its how I am ending my evening. Great music AND great commercials. archive.org/details/Octo...

GREAT to see!!!

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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

THIS IS HOW YOU ACCESS THE BIRTHDAY BOOK‼️ #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp

SIGNS YOU’RE GETTING OLDER: As I tuned-in last night, it suddenly occurred to me, I remember when SCOTT PELLEY was the ‘new guy’ on ‘60 Minutes’. 📺 👀

*Magic!* 💫🎙️✊🏾

🤣😂🤣 …with 100% ZERO ‘punk’ on it!

HOLY BA-JEEZUS! What a splendorous, colorful (& potentially painful!) thing...

SHAME on @msnbc.com for cancelling @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's show last year. THIS is how you interview, debate & confront every single member of the Trump fascist regime. EVERY Democrat should watch, listen & learn. Offense! A major loss for the network & democracy as a whole. Pro @zeteo.com!

A song NOT written or performed by STEVIE WONDER but you’d be forgiven if you thought it was… Mr. BOBBY CALDWELL w/ ‘Come To Me’. youtu.be/zfcJe5iglPU?... #bobbycaldwell #cometome #steviewonder #musicislife

Some inspiration just for you, from James Talarico

Now that I’m no longer with vinyl, I get to pull-out CD’s that I’d all but forgotten I owned. And this one is PURE delight! AVIARY w/ their self-titled debut! (1979/2013) Take QUEEN, STYX, THE BEATLES, SUPERTRAMP & yes, even THE DARKNESS, put ‘em all in a blender and VOILA! (cont. 👇👇👇)

Caught these guys a few years ago at a festival & they bowled me over with this epic number. JAMESTOWN REVIVAL w/ ‘Golden Age’ off their 2014 album, ‘Utah’. Give it a shot! youtu.be/PHhqIgVMgnE?...

With all the hoopla re: BUCKINGHAM NICKS remastered re-release, I was inspired to pullout my CD ‘import’ copy 👀 w/ bonus tracks. NICE they were able to create some peace w/ each other around their legendary pre-FLEETWOOD MAC collaboration. ‘Frozen Love’ has now mercifully thawed…#buckinghamnicks

💔 😔 💔 #RIPOzzy #ozzyosbourne #princeofdarkness #blacksabbath #legend

WELL, FOLKS...It's the END of an ERA!!! I've just sold-off my ENTIRE vinyl record collection AS WELL AS my Technics 1200 turntable! 🤯 I THANK YOU for engaging in our shared passion for vinyl, music, concerts & related paraphernalia. I'll have them to enjoy for one more week... (cont) 👇👇👇

Could’ve been/Should’ve been HUGE! THE KEYS w/ ‘The Keys Album’. (1981) Skinny-tie New Wave/Power-Pop at its best. Produced by JOE JACKSON! Many similarities. Superb record to be played at MAXIMUM VOLUME!!! 👉 ‘Hello, Hello!’: youtu.be/OJBsnQnYi-E?... #thekeys #newwave #joejackson #80sUKRock

A flawless release from THE SMITHS w/ ‘Meat Is Murder’. (1985) Honestly, this and ‘The Queen Is Dead’ is all I need from the lads. This LP got LOTS of plays in the background of many college parties & get-togethers. 👉 youtu.be/f37lC0CSXlQ?... #thesmiths #meatismurder #morrissey #johnnymarr #altrock

PHOEBE SNOW w/ her eponymous debut. (1974) Man, what an exquisite voice when you really feel like classin’-up the joint. There’s a reason BILLY JOEL & PAUL SIMON included her on their best-selling mid-70’s albums. ‘Poetry Man’: Still unsurpassed. 👉 youtu.be/EIRdcewDjFU?... #phoebesnow #poetryman

#SoftRockSummer2025 Off to see ‘The NEIL DIAMOND Musical’ tonight at the Pantages. (My bro is the Stage Mgr.) Thus, I give you Mr. Diamond with ‘Lady-Oh’ from his smash album, ‘Beautiful Noise’. (1976) 👉 youtu.be/b0MmhWk9ahk?... #neildiamond #ladyoh #beautifulnoise #softrock #musicchallenge

THOMAS DOLBY w/ 5-track ‘Blinded By Science’ EP. (1983) THIS is how I first experienced DOLBY in high school. The original LP featured neither ‘…Science’ nor ‘…Submarines’. So, the HARVEST label offered-up this EP due to the strength of those 2 singles which were getting LOTS of MTV airplay. (Cont)👇

Am I the only nob who actually likes ‘Pretty Little Head’? 🤔 PAUL McCARTNEY w/ ‘Press To Play’. (1985) For all the bad rap this one got, (perhaps he should’ve called it ‘McCARTNEY III’?), MACCA always slid-in melodic pop nuggets. IMHO, MACCA is always ripe for a revisit! 👉 youtu.be/NUbz2NEAi80?...

#SoftRockSummer2025 Maaaan, I miss the goofy ol' U.S. of A. when shallow pop confections like this actually landed in the Top 10. Ladies & Gents, who else but the STARLAND VOCAL BAND w/ 'Afternoon Delight'. (1976) The kinda tune MADE for 45's. Eat your heart out ABBA! 🚀 youtu.be/7JtCA0esyOU?...

The sheer genius of Mr. NEIL HANNON…THE DIVINE COMEDY w/ ‘Regeneration’. (2001/2020) Fans of BEATLES & BEACH BOYS will ❤️ the bouncy ‘Perfect Lovesong’. But producer NIGEL GODRICH keeps things murky & mysterious throughout NEIL’s melodies. 👉 youtu.be/gOHfabPwtMc?... @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social

#SoftRockSummer2025 (Day 5) First off, I'm stunned to discover there was ever a video for this 1978 song! Not sure why it struck a chord with me as a 70's kid but I had a streak of melancholy in me when it came to music. Ladies & Gents, MICHAEL JOHNSON w/ 'Bluer Than Blue'. youtu.be/n3ZThfylM6I?...

#SoftRockSummer2025 (Day 3) On an entire K-TEL LP full of ‘soft rock’, I’m gonna swing with MAUREEN McGOVERN’s ‘Different World’ (TV Theme from ‘Angie’) (w/ DONNA PESCOW). Remember this one from ‘79??? 👉 youtu.be/4lFDCXb3aJk?... #colorthemusic #musicchallenge #vinylsky #musicsky #musicislife

THE POLICE ‘Synchronicity: 4-LP Super Deluxe’ vinyl set. (1983/2024) Now up, the B-Sides disc. Used to collect all the 45’s at the time. Got a $62 Amazon deal outta the blue for this vinyl set! Saw them tour this at Shea Stadium w/ R.E.M. & Joan Jett opening. Epic! 👉 youtu.be/YdTLkAE6s2E?...

For every #SoftRockSummer2025 post, I feel the need to even it out w/ some HEAVY sh*t! ALICE IN CHAINS w/ ‘Dirt’. (1992/2009) I DIG this single-disc vinyl reissue from the MusicOnVinyl label! 👉 ‘Them Bones’: youtu.be/zTuD8k3JvxQ?...

#nothingtocelebratein2025 #antifourthofjuly #nomoreindependence #dividedstatesofamerica

#SoftRockSummer2025 I’m about to lose any shred of ‘street cred’ but, full disclosure, my very first concert at age 12 was…THE CAPTAIN & TENNILLE! So today, I choose TONI TENNILLE’s exquisite, powerful, gospel vocals on their 1976 epic, ‘Song of Joy’. (Cont in comments). 👉 youtu.be/3qLNWpNMBYw?...

My very FIRST ‘L.A. Breakfast Club’ event w/ special guest, CANDY CLARK! (‘American Graffiti’, ‘The Man Who Dell To Earth’) Full breakfast w/ CANDY doing a Q&A and sharing her cool Polaroids of her 70’s & 80’s celeb pals. Felt like an old, fun-spirited Friars Club from another time. I’ll be back! 📸

Some 80’s sh*t just gets better with time… THE FIXX w/ ‘Shuttered Room’. (1982) On MCA Records & Tapes. #thefixx #shutteredroom #standorfall #redskies #thefool #newwave #80srock #cycurnin #jamiewestoram #nowspinning #vinylsky #musicsky #vinylcommunity #musicislife 👉 youtu.be/cjp5UV_08Oc?...

#SoftRockSummer2025 How’s about a highly underrated, ‘too often left out of the conversation’ soft rocker: Mr. PAUL DAVIS! Is this 4 too many P.D. albums??? 🤔 What can I say? I love this guy! WATCH OUT for that stingin’ geetar solo at the 2:10 mark! 🎸😜 👉 ‘Cool Night’: youtu.be/GzZr4F9V-fo?...

‘Playback: The BRIAN WILSON Anthology’. (2017) 18-song comp from BRIAN’s solo career. Dead-quiet vinyl enhances those crystal-clear harmonies. Caught BRIAN live (w/ RODRIGUEZ opening!) under a gorgeous, SoCal starry sky at L.A.’s Greek Theater awhile back. Absolute Legend. 👉 youtu.be/2MktLJ7CjRk?...

Spinnin’ a SWEET promo copy of AEROSMITH’s ‘Permanent Vacation’. (1987) Maaan, I dig that title track so damn much. Got to see ‘em tour this at Giants Stadium in ‘88 w/ GUNS & ROSES & DEEP PURPLE opening. Then, we got to hang backstage w/ RITCHIE BLACKMORE and high-5 AXL ROSE! Long story but TRUE! ✊🏼

Throwback to the oooooold Amoeba Hollywood when they were on Sunset Blvd. Sure do miss that location. (Soon to become a Blue Note Jazz Club, which is kinda cool too.) #amoebahollywood #recordstore #vinylsky #musicsky #vinylcommunity #musicislife

One of the Joel Man’s BEST! 🙌 BILLY JOEL w/ ‘Songs In The Attic’. (1981) Deep cuts recorded at random shows while BILLY toured the ‘Glass Houses’ album. For me, THIS is the iconic BJ line-up: LIBERTY DeVITTO, RICHIE CANNATTA, DOUG STEGMEYER, RUSSELL JAVORS & DAVID BROWN. 👉 youtu.be/nGz_V__jZ9c?...