wicked uncle kenton’s way-back video jukebox
Because you young people these days have no sense of history, gather ’round, kiddies, and Wicked Uncle Kenton will play you a tune from his mis-spent youth. Let’s turn back the dial to 1983, when...
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Everything you need to know about the early ’80s, you can learn from Duran Duran. Questions?
View Article(possibly the) best love song ever
The other day, my wife mentioned to me that her Walking With Purpose Bible study group is discussing the Song of Songs. In light of Valentine’s Day, she asked me what I thought was “the best love...
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Not a misspelling. It’s Metallica, so of course it’s loud, it’s long, and it’s dark. “Fixxxer,” from the 1997 album Reload.
View Articlekiss takes the rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame
Today, as you may have heard, the heavy-metal band KISS (a long-time guilty pleasure of mine) is finally—15 years after they were eligible–being inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame in...
View Articlefarewell, goblin king
I was shocked this morning to learn that David Bowie, one of my favorite singers, had passed away from cancer. But tragic though that may be, why mention it here? Because many of the younger visitors...
View Articlei remember when rock was fun
Something’s been nagging at me while I’ve been writing my next novel, In Lonely Lands. Alyx, the misfit 17-year old girl who is the protagonist, is a big fan of old-school hard rock, particularly...
View Articlesorry, tswift: joan jett had the original “bad reputation”
No disrespect directed at Taylor Swift (of whom my daughter Ally is a huge fan) or her latest album, but if we’re talking about “reputations,” I have to bring it back to She Who Didn’t Give A Damn...
View Articletwl playlist, track 1: “you could be mine”
A surprising number of teenagers in 2019 (some them, no doubt, encouraged by hit films like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman) are fans of 70’s and 80’s rock. So, too, is Alyx, the Feisty Teenage...
View Articletwl playlist, track 6: “in the dark”
A surprising number of teenagers in 2019 (some them, no doubt, encouraged by hit films like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman) are fans of 70’s and 80’s rock. So, too, is Alyx, the Feisty Teenage...
View Articletwl playlist, track 10: “paranoid”
A surprising number of teenagers in 2019 (some them, no doubt, encouraged by hit films like Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman) are fans of vintage hard rock. So, too, is Alyx, the Feisty Teenage Heroine...
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