Anybody Remember Del Amitri?
A clip of David Letterman introducing Scottish rockers Del Amitri performing their 1992 hit “Always the Last to Know” is notable for two things: how youthful Letterman looked back then, and the fact...
View ArticleBuggles For Sale
Wanting something cheap that wouldn’t blow my paltry allowance of eMusic downloads in one fell swoop, I ended up picking the 1980 LP The Age Of Plastic by The Buggles. You know, the “Video Killed The...
View ArticleStar 69
Happy 69th birthday to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Here she is on Hollywood Palace singing “I Say A Little Prayer” in 1968. Once you get past Sammy Davis Jr.’s too-hep-for-the-room intro, it’s...
View ArticleIt’s a Mod, Mod World
Just a note to say that I’ve posted my little piece at Joyce Compton News & Notes about the Marian Marsh/Warren William Pre-Code flick Under 18 and Joyce’s brief appearance in it. Please check it...
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This Mix Is a Good Thing
As the showers fall and the flowers bloom, only one thing comes to my mind — making a mix! I haven’t done an official seasonal Scrubbles.net mix since Winter 2009, too long. Good Thing assembles some...
View ArticleThe No. 1 Song in Heaven
Spent the last few days getting reacquainted with a great ’80s album, Savage by the Eurythmics. This one blew me away when it came out in 1987, then my CD copy got stolen by a family member in the...
View ArticleSister Lovers
For Your Musical Entertainment: Swing Out Sister’s groovy music video for their 1992 single “Notgonnachange,” from the album Get In Touch with Yourself. They sure used a lot of washed out photography...
View ArticleThe Twee Leading the Twee
Spotted the animated video for Belle and Sebastian’s “I Didn’t See It Coming” on the Max‘s Facebook feed and instantly fell in love. The special remix of this Write About Love track is due out next...
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A Summer Mix: Plastic Fantastic
Hot and sticky nights require the perfect soundtrack. How about Plastic Fantastic, the Scrubbles.net Summer 2011 Mix? I originally intended this mix to center around synth-based New Wave and...
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Can’t Forget the Motor City
My exploration of Hip-o Select‘s Complete Motown Singles box sets brings me to volume 2, which covers the year 1962. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this one too much, since at this point Motown was still...
View ArticleBoys Life
Occasionally I will get into a certain musical artist’s output during a specific time period — lately it’s been the Pet Shop Boys’ 1999-2004 output. I started off with ’99′s Nightlife, the last PSB...
View ArticleWho’s the Boss?
I’m sticking this one up since I’ve been grooving to Diana Ross’ 1980 LP diana today (not to be confused with 1970′s Diana Ross, or 1976′s Diana Ross, or 1978′s Ross. Miss Ross had a thing for...
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A Fall Mix: Cheap, Painless & Easy
Time for the Scrubbles.net Fall 2011 Mix! I put together this one relatively quickly. The mix has some good flow, veering from current stuff to ’90s dance to kiddie music to ’80s pop and oldies in an...
View ArticleIt’s a ’90s Thang
Dave Steed of Popdose has been doing a weekly exploration of vintage 1990s Bottom Feeders, songs that peaked at #41-100 in the Billboard Hot 100, for a couple of months now. Part 11, covering Brooks...
View ArticleThe Lost Garden of Forgotten ’80s Hits
“Kiss You (When It’s Dangerous)” by Canadian group Eight Seconds is the latest in my efforts to catch up with all of the tunes that charted in the Hot 100 but didn’t make it into Billboard‘s Top 40 in...
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A Summer Mix: I Just Want To Be Your Friend
This sweet, sticky summer mix has been in the planning for several weeks now, but it seems appropriate to post it today in honor of International Friendship Day. I Just Want To Be Your Friend started...
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Harry Nilsson and Spotify
John Scheinfeld’s terrific 2010 documentary on Harry Nilsson, Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him?), counts as one of the films I watched last week (which would have been...
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The Hippie Rock Paradigm
Grin – All Out (Spindizzy, 1972) I’ve been a paying member of Spotify for about four months now. While I mostly use it to furnish some unobtrusive yet stimulating instrumental backing while writing, it...
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Too Good to Be Bad
Since we’ve entered a fresh new year and avoided getting destroyed in a Mayan-predicted apocalypse, I believe it’s time for a new mix. Ladies and gents, He Doesn’t Love Me: Girl Pop 1964-66....
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Golden Shower of Hits
I’ll admit it. This Summer mix, all 96 minutes of it, isn’t for every taste. Don’t Make Me Over delves into the scourge of “Golden Oldies” covers that took over the pop charts in the late ’70s and...
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