alan haber
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
When I started this website back at the end of last December, I thought I would post station updates and not a whole lot more. I should have known better. I quickly became addicted to the task of populating these pages. All of a sudden, this site became a living, breathing thing that not only… Continue reading
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Dave Caruso’s Delicious Soft-Pop Stew Serves Up a Tantalizing Meal
Dave Caruso | Cardboard Vegas Roundabout | 2014 Dave Caruso | Elizabeth Parker | 2004 A Review by Alan Haber (We’re giving away nine copies of this great album, by the way. See the contest form at the end of this page for details.) God knows how these things happen, but they do, they really… Continue reading
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO Takes London’s Hyde Park by Storm! Tell Tchaikovsky the News!
Jeff Lynne’s ELO | BBC Radio 2’s Festival in a Day in Hyde Park, September 14, 2014 A review by Alan Haber “Yes, I’m turnin’ to stone ‘cos you ain’t comin’ home, why you ain’t comin’ home if I’m turnin’ to stone? You’ve been gone for so long and I can’t carry on, yes I’m… Continue reading
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Charming, Bittersweet “Sabina” Points to Fine Fall Album Release from Michael Oliver and the Sacred Band
I cannot remember the last time I was so charmed by a song that I played it over and over again upon receipt. Only seconds into the first single from the forthcoming, hopefully late-Fall-ish album by Michael Oliver and the Sacred Band, Everything Sunny All the Time Always, I was thanking my lucky stars that… Continue reading
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We’ve Got Winners!
There must be something in the water here at Pure Pop Radio headquarters, ’cause we’re giving away the store! Well, maybe not the store, but certainly a couple of items in the store. What, pray tell, do we have for our winners, Jay? Yes, we have winners! Our September 2 contest, which offered up a… Continue reading
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Dream a Little Dream of…The Beatles! Every Little Thing is Dreamy Tonight!
Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing, the Beatles fan’s weekly radio haven, is dreaming of the Fab Four on this week’s show, kicking off tonight at 9 pm ET. Following 16 minutes of various Beatles and solo Beatles nuggets, featuring the mono version of “Help!” and ending up in fine fashion with Apple Jam’s version of… Continue reading
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John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band Album in the Spotlight on Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing…Tonight!
When you mix a 1966 two-fer with a varied set of Beatles and solo Beatles classics and a salute to one of John Lennon’s greatest albums, you’ve put together an explosive program that fans of the Fab variety will enjoy in a big way. So set your alarm clocks for tonight at 9 pm ET… Continue reading
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The Musician’s Opinion: Dan Pavelich: Ten Favorite Songs
(Win one of the last remaining physical CD copies of the Click Beetles’ Wake Up to Music! A download is also available to be won. See below!) (Dan Pavelich is a power pop musician wearing many hats. He is the rhythm guitarist in the Bradburys, and the producer of three volumes of the much-loved… Continue reading
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“Sorry Girls, He’s Married!” Joe Sullivan Strikes a Rock Star Pose and It Comes Out Pop
Joe Sullivan | Schlock Star | Reed Recording Company, 2014 Review by Alan Haber If this were another time and place and Sullivanmania had hit our shores in 1964, it would have been Joe striking a rock star pose on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater with the legend “Sorry Girls, He’s Married!” jittering… Continue reading
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The Radio Life. “Road, Ho!” (Part One)
by Alan Haber He’d made it look so effortless and somehow magical, but there really wasn’t much magic to it; the index and middle fingers on his right hand rose through the stuffy air in the boxy booth, sailing delicately through the muck until they pointed at the engineer on the other side of the… Continue reading
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