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A Saint Of Many Colors

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Let’s start with a haiku. When Dolly Parton Gets To Heaven There’s no need to knock Jesus greets her in person Fast tracked to sainthood Dolly Parton now resides and rides in that great pantheon in the sky with others who shattered ceilings and borders and brought positive change across […]

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We need to discuss music t-shirts. I’ve seen some memes going round with kids wearing band t-shirts preparing themselves for the adults who will accost them with questions to see if they are real fans. O n some social media threads you would think it was an epidemic. I have […]

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I have been working on t-shirt designs. The designs are basically the history of women in music on a shirt. And in research for one design about female folk musicians in the sixties Buffy Sainte-Marie, came up. I remembered there had been some scandal recently surrounding her music. Long story […]

In Memoriam 2025

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I have written plenty of obits to legends at this point. But I never looked back on an entire year before and taken the entirety of music icons we’ve lost in a single year. And this year I decided to put together a video to shout out as many artists […]

Take The PopOff! Pledge To Local Community

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ALOHA! If you are reading this, thank you. Even you don’t know me or my work, thank you. This is important for all of us no matter where you live or call home. With the way the world is going; larger society, economics, politics etc. I am doubling down on […]

Concert Reviews: October Shows

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I am behind in concert reviews, partly because I am training at KALX, partly because I’ve been so busy in the scene I haven’t been home to write! So let’s get to it. … Dr. Nora Free & The Liberation Sextet: Ornette Coleman Elder Celebration, The Back Room, Oct. 17th […]

F This ** Art BS

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WARNING LANGUAGE … … … Fuck AI music. Fuck AI art. Fuck AI poetry. Fuck every limp cliched lazy fucking pixeled note or word that comes out of the anus of that banal bland below average cesspool of “artistic creativity” known as AI models. Fuck the techies who in their […]

PopOff! Commentary: The Feeling Of Fallin’

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If you follow my posts (and work) you know I have started The Pop 40 Project. You can get the rundown here. The short version is I am listening to every top hit in the US and UK from 1969 to 2016. And starting in 1960 the charts were very […]

PoPOff! Commentary: God Has Died

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There are icons and there are legends and then there are gods. Icons and legend secure their status through the music and performance and maybe through activism or charity. Gods become gods after the mythology has been cast in ancient stone. Gods are not common.  Ozzy Osbourne is a god. […]

Playing Favorites: I Wanna Go Out Dancing

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I have an excel spreadsheet with 20+ local venues listed that I use to keep a list of all the coming live shows that I might want to see. It doesn’t even have to be an act I know it just has to sound like a good time to me. […]

The Pop 40 Project: Intro

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Audio version of Intro is here. Note, there are other mixes at the bottom of the page as part of the intro. Part 1: Where do I begin? (AKA My resume) I suppose I begin at the beginning. I was born in 1976. My Italian grandfather played accordion in a […]

PopOff! Commentary/Review: Diary Of A Mad Child

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If you could go back in time to witness any musical moment, what moment would you want witness first hand? For me it’s the afternoon of Tuesday August 5,1969. Picture this: It’s nearing the end of the Summer of Love. Led Zeppelin’s debut blues- riffs had already dropped, Sly and […]

PopOff! Commentary: The Temple Of Light 2: No Not That Light!

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Bear’s Haiku Movie Review: The Conversation Film still relevant Trading freedom for “safety” Hackman, cast- superb The review above is all the review of the film I will be presenting. Because I have to address something. And this may very well read as a man who never has any fun […]

Do You Hear What I Hear?

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What do; Billie Eilish, The Backstreet Boys, Britney, BTS, And The Beatles All Have In Common? The answer in a moment. I am in my 40s. This, I have to admit puts me well into the curmudgeon age range when it comes to music. I always thought it was 50 […]

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