Following what happened to The Specials after their 2nd LP, More Specials, the beginning of The Fun Boy Three, and the start-up of The Special AKA, since 1981, is exhausting. Check the Wiki page if you are interested, but …Read more

Who are the Excons? If you live in the North Main area of Greenville, they are our friendly local neighborhood band. This is their second LP and it is a great disc. They went to Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville …Read more

It’s truly difficult for me to review a Bob Mould record. It’s like reviewing your guitar teacher’s music. I don’t know Bob and he never gave me a lesson, but I taught myself how to play guitar listening to Husker …Read more

In reanimating Zub Records, we have re-entered a very different music world than when we wound down in the prior millennium. We are more connected than ever through tools like Facebook and Twitter and this site, but at the same …Read more

        There are only a handful of bands I really want to see that I'll never see live. XTC, The Jam and The Stranglers come to mind. Joe Jackson has also been on that list. For whatever reasons, I never was …Read more

 

 

 

http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/24-10-18/buzzcocks-announce-details-of-40th-anniversary-editions-of-another-music-in-a-different-kitchen-and-love-bites/   BUZZCOCKS: THE GOOD STUFF  Just received in the mail from Domino Records the new reissues of Buzzcocks first two LP’s, Another Music In A Different Kitchen and Love Bites.  These were …Read more

 

 

This blog is about The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine movie soundtrack, released in 1969. It is informed by a Daily Beast article by the excellent writer Colin Fleming. Check it out  https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-the-beatles-let-their-freak-flag-fly  What I get from …Read more

The print Zub Alert served a community ‘zine for us, Adrienne and Steve, to share our enthusiasms for our pop culture discoveries in the old media world. We will continue in that spirit to share our thoughts and experiences for …Read more

Stellar Playlists! And the winner is...

Thanks to all of you who entered the Space Song Playlist Contest and took up the challenge of selecting 5 songs with a space theme of your own device. 

One thing…

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        https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/01/the-50-albums-that-shaped-punk-rock/

 

 

So, I recently read a great article on the Consequence Of Sound Website about  “The 50 Albums That Shaped Punk Rock.” The article actually listed many punk bands as influencing …Read more

Space for Me? Space Song Contest Hint! 

 

 

I hope that you are all having a blast (pun really wasn’t intended) thinking of songs for your space playlists. If you are still deciding on your 5 entries, …Read more

Nick Lowe In The 1980's - A Greatest Hits Spotify Playlist 

 

 

 

    Recently, I read a fine article by Mark Binelli about Nick Lowe in Rolling Stone, and I urge you to …Read more

Contest: Space is the Place for SINGLES 

From A Trip to The Moon (1902) 

 

A friend recently IM’d me that she needed “5 songs about space...quick!” I rattled off a few songs at least loosely related…

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We've had a lot of fun doing the Singles Going Steady Podcast. One of the more surprising things I've run into is how many people who have told me "I want to do a podcast!" Here is where…

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20 from '18: Buz & Muf's Year End Pick Thru The Litter (Commemorative Edition)

Our fanzine Zub Alert, featured of cool stuff “selected” by the Zub kitties, Buz and Muf, in each issue. In that spirit, here are…

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Sonny and Cher 1-1-2019: Return of the Prodigal Public Domain

17 U.S.C. section 101 et. seq is the US Copyright Act, a bit of legislation I have seen change and expand over the past 30 years of…

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A's 12-22 to 25 Live Tweet Session Godzilla Movie Marathon I had a blast live tweeting El Rey Network's Kaigu Christmas marathon for the last few days. Here is a link to the unrolled thread if you …Read more

WHICH KAIJU WRECKS A CITY BEST?: https://twitter.com/i/status/1074680621899800578 ADRIENNE'S LIVE TWEET: tinyurl.com/livekaijutweet

 

 

 

The El Rey Network is showing a multi-day Kaiju film marathon, as is their practice over recent years, and …Read more

    A's 12-16-18 Live Tweet Session The Simpsons 30th Anniversary  I had a blast live tweeting The Simpsons 30th Anniversary mini-marathon today. Here is a link to the unrolled thread if you want to relive or see …Read more

 

The Simpsons Forever: The Cromulent World of Springfield In Which I Still Live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the 80’s, finding the cool, the offbeat, the under-the-radar works of creative …Read more

The Most Important Album of 1968 Wasn’t The White Album. It Was Beggars Banquet. 

 

Well, that’s a whopper of a pronouncement. Jack Hamilton in Slate has published a very interesting article. He posits the importance of Beggars …Read more

    Distilling The White Album to a Pure Concentrate  Our friend and star commenter Fitz recently made the point that The Beatles The Beatles (commonly known as The White Album) was perhaps too full of filler; he …Read more

  Operator’s Manual: Pete Shelley (1955-2018)  Pete Shelley was a real hero. A true personal inspiration. For me he was the magic bridge between the 60’s pop of my parents (The Beatles especially), and this new, rebellious rock …Read more

        Joel McCreight is a true believer.  He is an extraordinarily talented singer and guitarist, and a fine songwriter.  Evan’s Dilemma is his band and have been around in some form or another since the 1990’s. They …Read more