According to his friend John Byrne, Gerry Rafferty, “Went through hell and arrived at his final destination with a sense of peace and fulfilment, but what a journey.” Occasional singing partner Barbara Dickson said, “He liked having money and status, and why shouldn’t he have done it? He had a image of himself being […]
For some strange reason, I can’t for the life of me pass up a book or an article about a fellow drummer. The music trade magazines specifically aimed at drummers (Drummers World, Modern Drummer) will occasionally catch my eye, but after beating the skins for more than a half century, a lot of their […]
Interesting video – Joe Deninzon and Stratospheeris are an up and coming band. The visuals they deploy for their lead single from the album Guilty of Innocence fit the shape of things right now very accurately! Stratospheerius is : Joe Deninzon-electric violin/lead vocals Aurelien Budynek-guitar Jamie Bishop-bass/vocals Lucianna Padmore-drums
Like many other publications, Classic Rock Magazine ends each year with an issue compiling the best and worst of the previous year. In the past, I purchased my monthly copy of CRM from a bookstore and avoided this issue assuming it would be a rehash of articles from issues I had already seen. With the […]
It has been much too long since we presented a good old fashioned album review in this space so this would seem to be just as good a time as any to do just that. With that said, let me warn readers that this won’t be a one album review. No, we are going […]
Like many other publications, Classic Rock Magazine ends each year with an issue compiling the best and worst of the past year. In years past, I purchased my monthly copy of CRM from a bookstore and avoided this issue assuming it would be a rehash of articles from previous issues. With the closing of […]
What began as an innocent swamping out of our linen closet turned into an adventure when I discovered the long missing high school annuals from my days at Marquette Senior High. The summary from my freshman year was kind of fun and it was surprising how many little details popped into my head perusing […]
It has been a while since I updated the old “welcome to WOAS-FM” page so that is in the offing over this Christmas Break. We have been granted a $1000 grant from the State of Michigan for the third consecutive year to run our Don’t be Distracted public service campaign (part of the statewide Strive […]
Little Steven himself doesn’t give other people advice. “Oh, you can’t be stupider than me,” he was recently quoted in Classic Rock Magazine, “leaving the E-Street Band when I did, it’s one of those things you look back on and say (it) was a tragic mistake.” He was referring to his being a big […]
I idly wrote the title of this FTV one day when thinking back about hauling my drum set around over the years. Like the kid who decides to play the tuba in the school band, one does not sling a drum set under one’s arm and walk home after school. Luckily for me, the school […]