History Never Repeats…Right?

 

Check out this awesome news clip from 1979 about the state of the record business. Pretty crazy that record sales generated more money back then than the movie and professional sports industry. Oh, how times have changed.

The manager from Tower Records looks suspiciously like the guy stuffing record in his back pack in Record City. I wonder if it’s the same dude?



Play On

I’ve been on a serious Raspberries kick lately and this song has been a major “ear worm” for weeks. Musically the band was amazing but there are a few songs that lyrically feel a bit creepy these days. Let’s just say I feel the immediate need to contact the authorities any time someone starts talking about a girl being “too young to know about romance” but they still need to “take a chance” like Eric Carmen sings in “Tonight”. Let’s just hope Carmen was singing from the perspective of a 15 year-old boy and not a 25 year-old man.

Love Her Records



Check out our video for “Love Her Records” that uses some footage form the classically bad movie Record City. We bet you didn’t know that Ted “Issac The Bartender” Lange got his start behind the counter at Record City. Check it out!

R&R Circus #5 – Fifths of Fury – Review


Photo of Stag at the fifth Rock n' Roll Circus
Too many fifths, by the look of it.

Hey, our friends at “There’s Something Hard in There” reviewed the show. Not only are there some really nice photos, but Andy also posted a Q&A that he had with Ben about how the whole “Rock n’ Roll Circus” thing came about.

It’s a good read – and it’s a good site! Click the photo or here to be taken to their site.