Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Today a record that roared into the top 20 back in 1969, and got solid airplay for many months. The song "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)" was a national hit for the Minneapolis based blues-rock quintet Crow. A great dance song, Evil Woman featured overdubbed horns that the band was not happy about. The band released three albums without a second hit before finally disbanding in 1971. Lead singer Dave Wagner did release a solo album in 1973. Crow has the weird distinction of having the keyboard player with my favorite rock name... Kink Middlemist.

Exclusive Cheesehead photo!!

A shocking new photo emerged today showing cheeseheads engaged in a special photo session!

Winter project...

Got any old barrels? Here's a fun project for the winter... and I bet they have a warm, woody sound. This picture does beg the question; do people really do these things??

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

A listener called in a request for today's gem...
In 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who helped form a band named Thunderclap Newman. The concept was to create a band to perform songs written by former Who roadie and drummer John 'Speedy' Keen, who had written a couple of songs recorded by the Who.  Townshend recruited jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (a friend from art college), and 15-year-old guitarist Jimmy McCulloch. Keen played the drums and sang the lead.  Townshend produced the single "Something In The Air", arranged the strings, and played bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains. "Something in the Air" captured post-flower power rebellion, and reached No. 1 on the UK charts just three weeks after release, holding off Elvis Presley in the process.  "Something in the Air" appeared on the soundtracks of several films The Magic Christian (1969) and The Strawberry Statement (1970) (which helped the single reach No. 25 in the United States) and later Kingpin (1996), Almost Famous (2000), The Dish (2000), and The Girl Next Door (2004). The song has been covered by many bands, and was a hit for Tom Petty in 1994. To me it's a great song, but also the epitome of the late 60's and the attitudes of the time.

Thought for Monday...

Watched this movie over the weekend.  I decided there was absolutely no reason that I should have been scared of this guy when I was a kid... sheesh, this guy was nowhere near as scary as Rosie O'Donnell!!

Favorite "YIKES" photo from 2012!

Looking back on the year, it amazes me how much social media affects our lives.  I have a bunch of great memories of the year... all posted on Facebook.  Anyhow, here's a photo I had to save.  Supposedly this photo is of a friend of mine when she was overserved (ya think?).  I also hope the photo was taken before she tried to drive... not after.  So here's my favorite "YIKES" photo from 2012.

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Who'll be the Next in Line was a small hit for the Kinks in 1965.  It also receives my "Unusual" award as being part of a very strange story.  It started with "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy", a song by Ray Davies, released as a UK single by The Kinks in 1965. As the follow-up to the number-one hit "Tired of Waiting for You, it was relatively unsuccessful, reaching number 11. It broke a run of what would have been thirteen consecutive top-ten singles in the UK.  Following the relatively poor performance in the UK, Reprise held off releasing the single in the U.S. They did release follow up "Set Me Free" but when the next UK single "See My Friends" was judged to be even less suitable, they flipped the "Ev'rybody..." single with "Who'll Be the Next in Line" as the A-side, releasing it four months after the UK version. Although it was only a moderate hit, reaching number 34, it stayed on the radio for many months as a DJ favorite.