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New Wave’s Ne Plus Ultra: The Cars’ Candy-O Turns 40

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, The Cars

With their second LP, the Boston band downshifted into mainstream success

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New Wave Power Pop Rock

The Zen of Elliot Easton

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Bill Janovitz 4 Comments Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, Wild Honey Organization

The legendary Cars guitarist remains just what we needed

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Seven Great 80s Songs (and their music videos)

May 3, 2018April 12, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Green, Indigo Girls, Jeff Lescher, Journey, NWA, Steve Perry, Straight Outta Compton, The Cars, The Replacements

A Facebook meme that didn’t bug the shit out of me

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Great Songwriter and Just Plain Great Writer Jim Vallance

January 11, 2017April 11, 2019 Ken Kurson 2 Comments Aerosmith, Berry Gordy, Bob Moses, Bryan Adams, Funk Brothers, Glass Tiger, Hrishikesh Hirway, Jim Vallance, Mutt Lange, Prism, Robert White, Smokey Robinson, The Cars, The Romantics

Master craftsman Jim Vallance. (Kaitlyn Flannagan) We have entered a political season in which just about everything seems to divide us from one another. Friends, here is a photo that depicts something upon which EVERYONE can agree. And that something is that Summer of ’69 is one of the greatest songs ever. And this guy’s the one who wrote it! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Vallance! Vallance visited New York

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