Alan Haber’s Pure Pop Radio
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Ken, Steve and Allan Join You and the Beatles at Hamburg’s Star-Club on Tonight’s Things We Said Today
The recordings that have, over the years, brought Beatles fans right to the stage in Hamburg’s Star-Club through countless issues of the Fabs’ performances there are under the microscope on tonight’s edition of the premier Fabs roundtable, Things We Said Today. The show begins at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. Three of the… Continue reading
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I Love that Song #13: “America,” by Simon and Garfunkel
by Alan Haber One of Paul Simon’s best songs, lyrically astute and honorably charged, “America” is the third track on Simon and Garfunkel’s album Bookends, fading up out of the long goodbye of “Save the Life of My Child.” “Oh my Grace, I’ve got no hiding place,” comes the lyrical cry over a bed of… Continue reading
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Catching Up with Timmy Sean: “Another Day Gone” and “Lately Lacey.” New Songs of the Week. Simply spectacular.
Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Pure Pop Radio being beaten down by the flu, we’ve been somewhat behind on our chronicling of Timmy Sean’s ongoing Songs of the Week project. Let us make up for lost time: The most recent two songs are amongst the series’ best. The lovely, mid-tempo acoustic charmer, “Another Day Gone,”… Continue reading
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The Show Goes On! “Flu, Schmoo!” We Exclaim! Every Little Thing and Things We Said Today Serenade the Airwaves Tonight and Tomorrow Night!
The fact that the flu is continuing to knock down and weaken your humble servants of melodic pop here at the currently shaky Pure Pop Radio headquarters doesn’t mean we’re letting our guard down when it comes to spreading the gospel of the Beatles. Nope…in fact, we’re going full steam–cough, cough!!–ahead with all-new episodes of… Continue reading
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Flu Fighters, Fabs, Melodic Pop Music, and Achoo!
Despite our best efforts to the contrary (well, at least one of us had our annual, preventative shot–not that it did any good), our usually energetic staff has been unable to get any work done during the past week thanks to the flu busting down our doors and settling in for an extended period of… Continue reading
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Did the Beatles Make Mistakes During their Time Together? Leave It to Our Panel of Experts to Come Up with the Answers
Did the Beatles make any mistakes during their time together? Our top-flight panel of fab experts considers the question and comes up with answers that may surprise you on tonight’s edition of Things We Said Today at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. The regular, core group–Ken Michaels, Steve Marinucci, Al Sussman and Allan… Continue reading
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John Borack Interview About Beyond Belief: A Tribute to Elvis Costello Now Posted on the In Conversation PodOmatic Podcast Page
John Borack’s in-depth conversation with Alan Haber, covering the creation, production and release of Beyond Belief: A Tribute to Elvis Costello, is now available for listening online and/or downloading on the Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation PodOmatic podcast page. Beyond Belief: A Tribute to Elvis Costello, which collects the work of 50 artists paying homage… Continue reading
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Weeklings Fever Takes Over Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing Tonight at 9 pm ET!
This is one fever you’re going to want to catch: Glen Burtnik, from the early-to-mid-period, Beatles-influenced band the Weeklings descends on tonight’s second segment of Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing, at 9 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. The fantastic, out-of-this-world, Beatles-inspired foursome plays songs that John Lennon and Paul McCartney gave away back in… Continue reading
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Sweet, Catchy, Hooky, Radio Friendly…All the -ys! Timmy Sean Dials Up a Fun Slice of ’70s Pop for this Week’s Song of the Week
Timmy Sean continues to surprise and delight with each new entry in his continually engaging and surprising Song of the Week project. For the last April entry, we get a perfectly-realized slice of catchy pop and roll that would have been right at home on any hit radio station back in the ’70s. Get ready… Continue reading
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John Borack Guests Tonight on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation
Esteemed pop music journalist John Borack guests on tonight’s edition of Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, discussing the momentous tribute to Elvis Costello that he produced with Olivia Frain. The program begins at 8 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio. (Click on one of the links below to listen.) Beyond Belief: A Tribute to Elvis… Continue reading
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