Oddz And Enz
While I was taking my usual 2 AM nap at the automotive counter Saturday night (which technically wasn’t a 2 AM nap since the 2 AM hour didn’t actually exist that night thanks to this), Mecca Radio,...
View ArticleShe Was What She Was
Those who follow the Dusty Vinyl Archive and have long memories (LOL) may remember six years ago I featured a trio of songs in back to back to back weeks that were not only back burner forgotten songs...
View ArticleTell Me Why
The Eagles were one of the biggest American bands of the 1970’s, with their distinctive country rock sound, killer harmonies, and a slew of bonafide classic 70’s hits. Naturally, the one time I...
View ArticleGiving A Hoot
Today’s featured artist is the Philadelphia band, The Hooters… The group was not named after a crude term for the female bosom, but a nickname for the melodica, an instrument we learned about during my...
View ArticleAcceptable Balls
Before the LA glamour scene bastardized it into hair metal, actual heavy metal music was all the rage in the 70’s and early 80’s. The kind of metal that featured bands in their shiniest black leather...
View ArticleTepperware
When you think of all the great pop musicians who had hit records in the 80’s, it will probably take you a loooooong time to get to the name Robert Tepper… assuming you even knew who he was to begin …...
View ArticleLove Cruise
After nearly ten years of DVA classics on Mondays (minus a few breaks for countdowns), I’ve found myself resorting to more and more songs that I wouldn’t personally classify as a “lost hit,” but...
View ArticleTube Muzak
To say I don’t watch TV is kind of an understatement. Since I had the cable TV yanked out near the end of 2019, my TV hasn’t even been turned on… and I’d pretty much quit watching for years prior …...
View ArticleWeasel Stomping Day
Like pretty much every genre of popular music, there is at least some hip hop stuff I like. Over the past eleven years of Muzak Mondays, I’ve featured probably a dozen or so samples of The Nest’s...
View ArticleThe Wolf Man
There have been plenty of lead singers of established bands that have gone on to successful solo careers after the band’s glory days were over. Phil Collins, Lionel Richie, David Lee Roth, Belinda...
View ArticleFunk In The Dark
Thanks to last week’s storm and subsequent 72+ hours without internet, for only the third time in just short of eleven years I was unable to serve up a new Muzak Monday post on its appointed day. So...
View ArticleThe Devil Went Down To Hanoi
It’s Memorial Day in America, a day set aside for barbecues remembering those who served in the military past and present, and especially those who never returned home. I’ve had a song on the DVA list...
View ArticleMercury Rising
Today marks the 11th anniversary of my very first Monday Muzak post, and the first time June 2nd has returned to a Monday since that debut. This calls for a very special song for the occasion, and I...
View ArticleParty Like It’s 1949
Everything old is new again. Styles generally come back into fashion in 20 year cycles. And sometimes, even rock stars want to try something that seems out of character for them. Remember when David...
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