No silencing Linda Ronstadt, Rich Paschall All through the 1970s, you could not leave your transistor radio on for long without hearing the distinctive voice of Linda Ronstadt. She emerged from her early time with The Stone Poneys from the… Read More ›
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IT’S HARD TO DO – Rich Paschall
Breaking Up, by Rich Paschall Nothing lasts forever. That includes relationships. Some may start out as a dream and end up as a nightmare. It may be easy to walk away from some, while in other cases it could be… Read More ›
DANCING DOWN THE STAIRS
A Yankee Doodle Dandy! by Rich Paschall One of my favorite films is Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney. In the movies, Cagney was known as a tough guy having played a variety of gangster roles since his movie debut… Read More ›
IT’S MY PARTY – RICH PASCHALL
My Top Ten LGBT singers, by Rich Paschall If you were to Google (verb, meaning “to search for”) LGBTQ musicians, singers, or artists, you are likely to find some rather long lists. You might be surprised by the numbers, which… Read More ›
WE’VE BEEN STREAMING!
One of the things I’ve noticed watching streaming rather than networks is the quality of the shows is better. Maybe it’s just the shows we’ve watched recently. For all I know, the rest of the shows are terrible. So far,… Read More ›
DRESSED ON THE SET
“How come Gibbs is wearing a coat in Arizona in the summer?” I was talking to Garry. It was an NCIS rerun. We watch a lot of reruns because we forgot what happened even when we’ve seen it before. A… Read More ›
MORE MILLION-DOLLAR MEMORIES – GARRY AND MARILYN ARMSTRONG
There was no way I could write this without having Garry in the mix. He is, after all, Mr. Movie Mavin. So here we are again, with a lot of new material. Both Garry and I grew up in New York… Read More ›
THOSE MILLION-DOLLAR MEMORIES
Garry and I both grew up in New York in the 1950s. That was before cable. It even preceded UHF. Television was black and white. We had seven channels: 2 (CBS), 4 (NBC), and 7 (ABC), the network flagship stations. Then, there… Read More ›
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME – II
Just Breathe, teen pop star to adult, by Rich Paschall What comes to mind when I say “rock star” or “pop star?” Do you think of your favorite singers? Do you hear their music in your head? Can you sing… Read More ›
DID SOMEONE SAY PIE?
A Song For Each Occasion, by Rich Paschall The American Master songwriter Irving Berlin seemed to have a song for every occasion. It is estimated that he wrote around 1250 songs, but there is no telling with the prolific Mr…. Read More ›
JOHNNY CASH AND NINE INCH NAILS – RICH PASCHALL
Covering Hurt, by Rich Paschall You probably know what it means to “cover” a song. That’s when one artist records, or “covers,” the work of another artist. Sometimes the later version becomes a bigger hit than the original. Such was… Read More ›
I’LL BE ALL IN CLOVER – RICH PASCHALL
Which Easter Parade Is Best, by Rich Paschall It seems that it was good to be “all in clover” a century ago. It meant that you were doing quite well. Your cows were likely in a field of clover, not… Read More ›
