Year of the Month: Mr. Apollo on CATCH US IF YOU CAN
Studios were so desperate to cash in on the success of the Beatles’ 1964 movie…
A Minute, A Day, No More: Harold Budd, 1936-2020 (a Conversation by Avathoir and wallflower)
Avathoir: The death of Harold Budd is the death of a truly unique figure in…
“Blues in the Night”: the best songs of 1941, part 2 (YOTM)
My momma done tol’ me, when I was in knee pants, My momma done tol’…
The best songs of 1941, according to the Academy (YOTM, part 1)
Greetings, fellow song-lovers! Last month we had an unexpected bumper crop of hit songs to…
Year of the Month: Persia on The Chattanooga Choo Choo
Before America had car culture, it had the train. Southern states blocked railway expansion until…
The best songs of 1984, according to the Academy (Year of the Month)
Just under the wire! Apologies for the rush job this time, but October took me…
The Halloween Canon: Persia on “Ghostbusters”
There’s something of a known canon of Christmas songs. Most of them are jazz-influenced standards…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on STOP MAKING SENSE
It begins with a close-up of the stage floor, a streak of light cutting vertically…
Year of the Month: Miller on GONE FISHIN’
It’s 1984, the year of clocks striking 13 and loving Big Brother, the year of…
Year of the Month: Adriano Ferreira on LIKE A VIRGIN
My older sister got the Like a Virgin album as a birthday gift. I believe…