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The Toms! Librarians With Hickeys! Lisa Mychols! Pure Pop Radio Plays the Hits!

By Alan Haber – Pure Pop Radio What happens when Pure Pop Radio is spinning the latest smash hits from the Toms and Librarians with Hickeys (with Lisa Mychols) alongside choice sixties nuggets from American Spring, Billy Nichols, the Aranbee Pop Symphony Orchestra and other fine purveyors of pop from across the decades? Well, when … Read moreThe Toms! Librarians With Hickeys! Lisa Mychols! Pure Pop Radio Plays the Hits!

Beatles, Solo Beatles, Association, Oh My! Our Specialty Shows Dazzle This Week!

Hot on the heels of last week’s triumphant salute to the great soft-pop group Harpers Bizarre (now available for listening and downloading from Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation‘s PodOmatic podcast page), our regular specialty shows ring the bell for Beatles, solo Beatles, and Association magic. Tonight’s repeat edition of Ken Michaels’ Beatles spectacular, Every Little … Read moreBeatles, Solo Beatles, Association, Oh My! Our Specialty Shows Dazzle This Week!

Reviews from the Pages of buhdge: The Association’s Waterbeds in Trinidad (1972)

(Originally published on the buhdge website in 2006) Unfairly categorized as a singles band, the Association did not, as some would have you believe, make bad albums. They also did not become a less-interesting aggregation in the band’s later recording years, as this lone Columbia album proves. Released a year after the group’s final Warner Brothers release, … Read moreReviews from the Pages of buhdge: The Association’s Waterbeds in Trinidad (1972)

Two Music Geeks Returns with Special Memorial Day Show Dedicated to Pop’s Fallen Heroes

On this Memorial Day at 9 pm ET, Two Music Geeks makes a welcome return to the airwaves to honor pop music’s fallen heroes–the artists who left us too soon, whose music lives on in our hearts and minds. Alan Haber and Scott W. McKinney have chosen a dozen songs to remember some of their … Read moreTwo Music Geeks Returns with Special Memorial Day Show Dedicated to Pop’s Fallen Heroes

It’s Mega Happy Day on Pure Pop Radio! 12 Artists…81 Tracks Now Added and in Rotation!

Yes, that noise you heard was the lot of our playlist rotation genies adding 81 tracks from 12 super pop artists to the Pure Pop Radio playlist. Pat them on the back for a job very well done! Here’s the rundown: * Various Artists – It Was 50 Years Ago Today: A Tribute to the … Read moreIt’s Mega Happy Day on Pure Pop Radio! 12 Artists…81 Tracks Now Added and in Rotation!