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Pure Pop Radio Sizzles this Week!
Despite the fact that it’s not summer here at Pure Pop Radio headquarters, we’re hearing the chorus of Sly Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” because our airwaves are sizzling with the excitement of this week’s special programming. First up tonight, at 9 pm ET, is this week’s notable edition of Ken Michaels’ Every Little… Continue reading
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It’s Time to Spill the Beans! Next Week on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, We Present…
So we were playing around yesterday, teasing you all about the identity of next week’s guest on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation. Who was going to emote behind the In Conversation microphones? Who was going to go in-depth and lay the details of their musical life on the line? Well, a couple of folks guessed… Continue reading
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This Week’s Gonna Be Like Finding Brigadoon Two Days a Year! Fantabulous!
It’s like a volcano erupting, like finding Brigadoon two days a year, like winning a stuffed animal in one of those drop-the-claw-and-win-a-prize machines you find in restaurants along the New Jersey Turnpike. It’s like, wow, a pretty darned exciting week ahead on Pure Pop Radio! Coming up tonight at 9 pm ET, it’s the latest… Continue reading
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Jamie and Steve Circle Around the Microphone on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation on March 18 and 19
Jamie and Steve’s just-released EP, Circling, is arguably their keenest, most absorbing release yet. The set takes chances, allows the dynamic duo to stretch a bit, introduces horns to their ever-creative musical mix, presents some complex chord progressions, and rewards listeners with a rousing good time. In other words, business kinda sorta as usual, with… Continue reading
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Lisa Mychols Interview from Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation Now Posted on PodOMatic Podcast Page
Our exclusive interview with Lisa Mychols, from last week’s Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, is now posted on our PodOMatic podcast page and is available for listening and downloading. You won’t want to miss this heartwarming, deeply moving conversation with one of pop music’s brightest lights. A handy list of Spotify links will allow you… Continue reading
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Gather, SMiLE: The SMiLE Tour; Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE; and SMiLE, 2004
(The following article, about Brian Wilson’s SMiLE, originally published on the buhdge website on October 13, 2004, was written prior to the reissue of the original SMiLE album.) Gather, SMiLE The SMiLE Tour; Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of SMiLE; and SMiLE, 2004 by Alan Haber They are 10 minutes late getting to… Continue reading
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I Love that Song! #2: “Picture Book” by the Kinks
The act of looking back to simpler, happier times, to times fondly remembered, to snapshots taken by one’s mind and brought to the fore by photographs arranged as artifacts of a life gone by is the subject at hand in Ray Davies’ “Picture Book,” a bouncy, wistful song that appears on the Kinks’ November 1968… Continue reading
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Pure Pop Radio Welcomes Lisa Mychols to the Airwaves Tomorrow Night!
We are honored and thrilled to welcome Lisa Mychols as tomorrow night’s very special guest on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation. Lisa has been a longtime favorite at Pure Pop Radio since the very early days of her career. During this wide-ranging interview, we hear from her about her music making process and spin some… Continue reading
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Paul and Ringo in the Spotlight Tonight on Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing!
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are in the spotlight tonight on the syndicated version of Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing. In the third segment of every show, Ken puts the fab spotlight on a particular theme. This time, the spotlight falls on Paul and Ringo: Six Beatles and solo classics are spun and, smack in… Continue reading
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