Regular readers of this blog know that I occasionally put together three songs as a sort of mini-set. But then I sometimes do six tunes by one artist. Given that it’s the end of the year and I have this huge backlog of songs I … Continue reading Cleaning Out My Closet – Six Tunes
It is Tyler’s ability to project crude, leering sexuality that makes Aerosmith attractive. Coming after a brief era when rock n’ roll fans in their adolescence were bombarded with the exaggerated sexual ambiguity of Alice, Bowie, and Reed, it must be reassuring to have a … Continue reading Aerosmith (final of 3) Same Old Song and Dance
Back in the heyday of Sixties underground radio, there were four stations that were its core: KSAN, San Francisco; WNEW, New York; WMMR, Philadelphia; and WBCN, Boston. Of these ‘BCN is arguably the most legendary. (J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf was a DJ there for … Continue reading Aerosmith (2) – The Toxic Twins
In the late 1960’s, some record company marketing genius decided that Boston should have a music “scene” like San Francisco. And so rather than have it grow up organically they tried to invent it (“The Bosstown Sound!”) citing bands such as The Ultimate Spinach and … Continue reading Aerosmith (1) – Walk This Way
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