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‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: November, 2017
Last list before I put together my Best Of The Year extravaganza. I feel the anticipation mounting already. Here are some new ones that might or might not make the final cut: OK, well THAT one’s a shoo-in. Seriously chill-inducing.
Song Of The Day: Dec. 2, 2017
Today’s Motown Underground Week Question: Who was Marvin Taplin? Well, kids, Taplin was a Motown rarity. A guitar player who was not a member of the Funk Brothers, he was a full-fledged member of the Miracles. He was responsible for the gorgeous riff that opens and then runs through ‘Tracks Of My Tears’. He also […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Nov. 24-30, 2017
1. Tizzy Lockman Brings The Beef. I’m calling it. She’s gonna win. On merit. And on organization. In an era of substance-free campaigns, she is the exception. Check out her priorities, among three e-blasts I got from her campaign this week: http://lockmanforsenate.org/issues/ Oh, and you’ll notice, nothing negative at all. I cannot stress strongly enough […]
Song Of The Day: Dec. 1, 2017
Underground Motown Week today features Brenda Holloway. If this song doesn’t sound like a typical Motown single, it’s b/c she originally recorded it in 1962 for the Del-Fi label. Motown signed her and convinced her to re-record it, which she did…in LA. Hadn’t even turned eighteen yet. Although Holloway only stayed with Motown for three […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 30, 2017
Underground Motown Week brings you the very sad story of Rodger Penzabene. The Motown songwriter found out that his wife had cheated on him, became inconsolable, wrote the lyric for this melancholy classic based on his own experience, and then committed suicide on New Year’s Eve, 1967, a week after the song was released: An […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 29, 2017
Underground Motown Week continues. Written by Ivy (not Ivory) Joe Hunter and a very young Stevie Wonder, this 4 Tops song was adopted by The Band, who I saw do it as an encore back in 1971 at the Syracuse War Memorial. The concerts I saw back then were what I loved most about college. […]
Rehoboth Beach Mayor And Park City Kathy: LLC’s Are People, Too
This is why we have the Tip Line. I can’t make this up. Rehoboth Beach’s shiny new mayor Paul Kuhns and Rehoboth Beach Commissioner/would-be State Auditor Kathy McGuiness want to give LLC’s, wait for it, the right to vote. From the Cape-Gazette: “Voting rights for limited liability companies are on the agenda at a town […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 28, 2017
Relegated to Motown’s lowest priority imprint, the VIP label, this group consistently outperformed their second-class status. Perhaps the fact that they were not from Detroit, but Kalamazoo, hindered their notoriety. But there’s no denying what a great song this is. Later turned into a hit by Bananarama. I much prefer this version:
Song Of The Day: Nov. 27, 2017
We’re gonna do a week of what I call ‘Underground Motown’. I’ll highlight songs that you may not have known were from Motown, and I will also feature under-rated gems. Today we start with a song that didn’t even chart back in 1964, but was later turned into a monster hit by Mitch Ryder and […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 26, 2017
Yo, Mikey D: It is Sunday now. For Richard Julian, it’s Sunday Morning In Saturday’s Shoes:
Delaware Political Weekly: November 17-23, 2017
1. 1982 Called. They Want Their AG Election Back. Faced with the possibility of having either a pro- marijuana legalization candidate (David Skoranski) or a ‘nut’ (Tom Neuberger), as one party flak put it, the R’s are rumored to be pushing for Richard Gebelein to be their AG candidate. If the D’s nominate Charles Oberly, […]
Song Of The Day: Nov. 24, 2017
Since I’m not Captain Obvious, or at least, try not to be, I’m skipping the obvious (not that the obvious is bad or anything) to go with this adrenaline rush of a song:
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