Ginger Baker (1939-2019)
Encounter with a touchy rock god By Mark Voger, author “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Cream was one [...]
Groovy When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture
The corner of Clams and Tires
My own ‘Gasoline Alley’ in Berlin, NJ One of the most salient memories of my childhood is the odor of clams [...]
Peter Fonda (1940-2019)
Farewell to the guy on the chopper By Mark Voger, author “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” In [...]
Two trailers
I guess I value directors over stars, because two films — one just out, another due in the fall — got me [...]
Mott the Hoople ’74 T-shirt
Making a Mott shirt in 7 steps As both rabid readers of MarkVoger.com are aware, I’m super-psyched to see Mott the [...]
Super Shock Show II (Feb. 9, 2019)
Begone, winter doldrums Cool peeps. And a refuge from cabin fever. The second edition of the Super Shock Show held at Groovy [...]
Singing for presidents
U.S. (and family) history When reading about a storied or legendary performer, typically in his or her obituary, we [...]
Moe’s final years
Founding Stooge kept his bowl-cut to the end I don’t have to hunt for bargains; they find me. On Halloween, I bought a [...]
‘Robin Hood’ poster
Errol takes aim in undated find Can ya believe it — a new comic shop in Eatontown, NJ, in this day and age? Me [...]
2018 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The ill-fated journey of Red Star #2 “This is for TV!” hollered a gentleman whose mission was to get [...]
Stan Lee (1922-2018)
His comics were ‘written for everybody’ It was in 1939 that 16-year-old Stanley Lieber — better known as Stan [...]
‘What Is Rock and Roll?’
A time machine set for 1977 All these years, it was in a box 3,000 miles away. In 1977, I was a second-semester freshman at [...]
Rabbi Benjamin Sendrow
A moving prayer on the world stage In the immediate aftermath of yet another mass shooting — a horrific phenomenon [...]
In defense of ‘Godfather III’
Flaws still sting, but movie improves with age Spoilers follow. I’m still in the throes of a deep dive into “G1, [...]
‘The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!’
This guy invented everything By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Talking pictures [...]
Lugosi, Chaney, Vampira on TV
Titans of terror in blurry grays Imagine my surprise upon discovering, after all these years, that Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney [...]
Video vixens
Bad instrument aping (but nobody cared) Drivin’ home late one night a coupla weeks ago after getting’ the s*** beat out [...]
Howard Bender ’66
My old buddy, artist Howard Bender (Action Comics, “Spider-Man Seek and Find,” Mr. Fixitt) recently shared some [...]
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rock ‘n’ roll’s godmother I been binge-in’ on Sister Rosetta Tharpe lately … this lady was rock [...]
‘Groovy’ trailer
Spinning flowers, dancing Zealotes Behold … the “Groovy” trailer! My genius-filmmaker nephew, Ian Voglesong, outdid [...]
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