This 53-year-old tune is somewhat spooky and weird. I heard it on late-night TV and scribbled down the title to share with you all. The ve...

I miss my mama, who loved this song. I think she identified with the naughty girl in the song. Warning: its PURE country, which means i...

Rumble - Link Wray (1958) Visuals are from The Delicate Delinquent . (1957) ~*~ I'm not sure when the following tunes were reco...

I am currently watching the wonderful American Masters documentary titled Sam Cooke: Crossing Over (2010). So much history is still unre...

I watched an old interview of Jimmy Breslin on C-Span over the weekend, originally aired in 1991. I just loved what he said, and decided...

In this post only nine days ago , I briefly mentioned the Rolling Stones concert in San Francisco. One thing I remember from that show is a...

At left: a fabulous vintage Chevy Bel Air , which I saw parked nearby yesterday. Any estimates on the year? I am thinking maybe 1957 or 5...

At left: Audrey Meadows and Jackie Gleason as Alice and Ralph in THE HONEYMOONERS . I was looking at Ralph and Alice Kramden's tiny, di...

At left: Ben Hall, at Bohemian Cafe on Saturday. One of those things about age that makes me profoundly uncomfortable: I get sentimental ...

Over the weekend, we very much enjoyed the film Hollywoodland (2006). Even more than fabulous Adrien Brody , even more than the presence of...

How could I forget? Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (live 1956)

YES!--I said it's ROCKABILLY TIME, yall! From the now-forgotten movie HOT ROD GANG (1958), this is the amazing Gene Vincent , who was ...

At left, the grave of Uncle Pen in Rosine, Kentucky. In this post , I talked about how our deeds may outlast us in ways we don't expect....

As some of you have undoubtedly figured out, the problem with purely-instrumental songs is: No lyrics, so you can't look them up online...

I figure everyone should be able to find at least one diva and song they like. I was just listening to some old tunes and decided to shar...

Interesting that this illustration gives Dorian a big heart and I didn't see him that way at all. I just saw Surfwise (2007), a do...

At left, my favorite Lana Turner expression: stricken, freaked-out, NOOOOOOoooooOOOOO!!!!! --with scenery-chewing aplenty. Even though it...

Earl Palmer, by Ken Hively of the Los Angeles Times. ~*~ I have just learned that Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer and extraordinary...