Rock
‘Let Me Down Hard’ soundtrack
Greetings from Asbury Park (and environs) By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” After I recorded a “Groovy”-related appearance on […]
‘Groovy Trailer Theme’
Doo-wop and ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ drums By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” I’ve got a great brother. He gave me […]
Chris Farlowe
His ‘Out of Time’ is out of sight By Mark Voger, author of “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” No matter how obsessively […]
Happy Together 2017
‘I love the flower girl’ By Mark Voger, author of “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” Maybe it happens at every Cowsills concert. […]
David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’
David Bowie’s videos for “Blackstar” and “Lazarus” — which I saw for the first time a week ago, to fulfill a promise to my niece — […]
Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
The first time I heard Chuck Berry was in 1972, over a jukebox in Cafeteria II, one of a pair of huge cafeterias at Cherry […]
‘L.S. Bumblebee’
In, probably, 1975, I bought the bootleg Beatles album “L.S. Bumblee” from a glorified head shop on the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. It was […]
Overend Watts R.I.P.
One year and five days after the death of Mott the Hoople‘s drummer, Buffin Griffin, comes the death of the band’s bassist, Overend Watts. (Yeah, […]
Asbury Park
The thousand-millionth look at the old sights By Mark Voger, author, “Monster Mash: The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972″ I had a photo shoot […]
How I met Karch
Blogger’s note: The following account of how I met Karch has been refuted by my bassist/brother, Voger. He sez I remember it all wrong. But […]
The Keith Roth interview
How they found the right Jack By Mark Voger, author, “Groovy: When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture” As faded rock star Jack Ainsley — […]
Keith Roth, movie star
What I always say about Keith Roth is that whichever of the three modes you may encounter him in – “radio Keith,” “onstage Keith” or […]
NJArts.net benefit March 13
NJArts.net is a much-needed resource in the culture-rich state of New Jersey, a vital go-to source for the bustling arts scene here. Believe me. On […]
Planet Earth is blue
What can I say? David Bowie was a hero. When I first spotted the “Diamond Dogs” album at Franklin Music in the Echelon Mall, I knew I […]
Buffin Griffin R.I.P.
This is terrible. First Bowie. Now Dale “Buffin Griffin. Who’s next? Steve Harley? Buffin, the drummer for Mott the Hoople, has died at age 67 […]