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Beatle Pop Rock

Be What You See: Tug of War at 40

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 40th Anniversary, Beatle, Carl Perkins, Fab Four, George Martin, Here Today, John Hurt, John Lennon, Macca, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Tug of War, Wings

Paul McCartney’s 1982 LP is a perfect balance of emotion and eccentricity

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Top 10 Moments From Paul McCartney’s #GotBack Tour

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments #GotBack, #GotBack Tour, Elvis Presley, Get Back, Got Back Tour, Hey Jude, Live and Let Die, Paul "Wix" Wickens, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Wings

Macca and band will be on the road through June 2022

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Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

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1967: The Year of Monkeemania

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1967, Davy Jones, Headquarters, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, More of the Monkees, Peter Tork, The Monkees

Forget Sgt. Pepper, Monterey Pop and the Summer of Love — ’67 was the year of the Monkees!

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Films Hard Rock Heavy Metal Metal!

The Demon Inside: On Foo Fighters’ Studio 666

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Chris Shifflett, Dave Grohl, Dream Widow, Foo Fighters, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Studio 666, Taylor Hawkins

There actually a good film waiting to get out of this lackluster popcorn flick

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Music Journalism

We Don’t Want No Ukulele

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Arnold’s, Elvis Presley, Hawaii, Henry Kapono, Marshall Turner, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Waikiki

A walk on Waikiki’s (slightly) wild side

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Folk Pop Soundtracks and Film Scores

The Endless Love of Harold and Maude

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Bud Cort, Cat Stevens, Hal Ashby, Harold and Maude, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Ruth Gordon, UMe

The Cat Stevens soundtrack to the beloved cult rom-com finally gets an official release

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Music Journalism Rock

Editing Jim Morrison

January 30, 2022January 30, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Danny Sugerman, Feast of Friends, Frank Lisciandro, Grand Central Publishing, interview, Jim Morrison, No One Here Gets Out Alive, Oliver Stone, poetry, The Collected Works, The Doors, Wilderness

Talking with the man who smoothed out the poetry and prose of The Lizard King

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Ronnie Spector: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Be My Baby, Frankie Lymon, Frankie Valli, George Harrison, interview, Joey Ramone, John Lennon, Johnny Thunders, Kill Rock Stars, Ronnie Spector, She Talks To Rainbows, The Cleftones, The Four Seasons

“I want to be one of those voices like Ruth Brown,” she proclaimed in this epic interview

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Other Voices: Robby Krieger’s Memoir Opens The Doors

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2021, Jeff Alulis, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, L.A. Woman, Light My Fire, Little Brown, Ray Manzerek, Riders On The Storm, Robby Krieger, Set the Night On Fire: Living Dying and Playing Guitar With The Doors, The Doors

An honest, exclusive conversation with the legendary guitarist from The Doors

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Indie Rock Noise Pop Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Power Pop Punk Rock

Oh Well, Whatever: ‘Nevermind’ at 30

September 23, 2021April 3, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1991, Breed, Dave Grohl, DGC, Garth Brooks, Geffen, In Bloom, Krist Noveselic, Kurt Cobain, Mariah Carey, MC Hammer, Nevermind, Nirvana, On a Plain, Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Territorial Pissings

The breakout success of the second Nirvana album was both a gift and a curse for Kurt Cobain

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Dhani Harrison: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Dhani Harrison, George Harrison, The Beatles

The Quiet One’s only son talks about working with his father’s catalogue, the process of putting the All Things Must Pass reissue together, and why vinyl still rules

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Ram On!: Paul McCartney’s ‘Ram’ at 50

August 4, 2021March 28, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1971, 50th anniversary, Capitol 1971, Capitol Records, Linda McCartney, Paul and Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Ram

Why Macca’s first collaboration with his wife Linda still resonates a half-century later despite once being called the worst thing he’s ever done

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Beatle Pop Rock

Open The Door and Let ‘Em In: Wings At The Speed Of Sound Turns 45

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1976, Denny Laine, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney and Wings, Silly Love Songs, Wings At The Speed Of Sound

All these years later, we will never have enough of Macca’s silly love songs

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Music Journalism

The Rock & Roll Globe Presents: Book Lit, Volume One

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Aerosmith, Books, CHEAP TRICK, Darryl W. Larson, Hachette Books, Hollywood Eden, House of Anansi Press, Joel Slevin, Kiss, LGBTQ, Omnibus Press, Starz, The Velvet Mafia, The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties, They Just Seem a Little Weird, They Just Seem a Little Weird: How KISS

An occasional column on music-related books

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