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Disco Has Begun: “Car Wash”

Disco was alive and well in 1977. I am probably in the minority but I loved Disco. Truth be told, I still do. There are many number one Disco songs that we will talk about, but I am sitting here watching the Olympics on TV and they played a snippet from the 1977 number one […]

RIP Isaac Hayes and “Shaft”

As you probably already know, Issac Hayes died today. This was really a shock, especially after hearing about Bernie Mac. They say tragedy comes in threes. Who’s next? Hearing about Hayes made me think about my own life. He and I were the same age, almost exactly. Puts your life in perspective. Since I’m […]

Abba and “Mamma Mia”

We finally got to the theater to see “Mamma Mia”. In case you haven’t seen it, it’s a movie musical which is based on the play by the same name. It features all music which was sung by ABBA, the great Swedish group of the 80’s. Now, I’m not here to give movie reviews, but […]

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