MOTHER’S MILK – PART 1
Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Mother’s Milk is a gloriously invigorated heavymightynaughtyspazzy collection of funkaedelicjazzyrapmetalsoulpunk certainly unlike anything I’d ever heard before 1989. No, it didn’t make them superstars like their next record did – but it was a key precursor to the ’90s alt rock explosion. Most vital, however…born from the most trying of circumstances, the album rescued a teetering RHCP from almost certain oblivion.
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THE FORMATIVE YEARS
Today I explore how the rock and roll revival that spawned rock oldies radio came to pass and further illustrate how first generation rockers influenced media, culture, and yours truly in the 1970s.
Focusing on my earliest experiences with ’50s and ’60s music; exploring how rock oldies radio affected my musical sensibilities going forward.
Unpacking early memories of life in the ’70s, I revel in the innocent pleasures of Seussbooks, broken crayons, superheroes, Saturday morning cartoons, etc.
All about 1970s horror, fantasy, and sci-fi. I didn’t fully understand the sounds and images emanating from the TV at the time, but their impact was undeniable.
My earliest memories reveal that there was more to ‘70s media and culture than Earth tones, disco balls, classic rock, tacky clothes and kitschy decor…
The ’70s were an interesting time to be a young kid; processing a kaleidoscopic barrage of sight & sound with unbiased eyes and ears…
IMPACTFUL ALBUMS
My Rush fandom finally came to a head with A Show of Hands.
No Beatles album influenced me more profoundly than Rubber Soul.
PLAYlists
Mainstream Alternative hits
of MTV’s Golden age 1981-91.
Tunes by female/female-fronted artists. in honor of National Woman’s Day 2024.
The Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll Revival companion.
The Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Oldies Radio companion
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