I’ve written about a few of my favorite things (why do I hear Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music singing “these are a few of my favorite things”?), musically speaking, that were released this year. Some of my words were published on PopMatters (Dent May, Bobby Whitlock, Tommy Keene, Robbie Basho, etc.) and some…
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The Swimming Pool Q’s: “The A&M Years 1984-1986”
Among the pantheon of 1980’s “college rock” bands, only a few – R.E.M. being the most prominent – managed to transcend their cult following and attain mass popularity. Others, despite having releases on major labels, were destined for obscurity. Either they were too quirky, didn’t have the support of their record label or the radio,…