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Six Degrees Of Supergroups

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The supergroup concept is back. (Or did it never leave and I just didn't notice?) Alternative and indie fans with an ironic streak can check out Tinted Windows with members and ex-members of Smashing Pumpkins and Fountains of Wayne. ...

The Blinded By The Light Project

Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Blinded By The Light Project | 2 Comments »

Not too long ago, I used a rant about people who have the wrong metadata associated with their mp3s as a jumping-off point. (Note to world: The Cure did not perform "Come On, Eileen", kthxbai.) I looked at ...

Six Degrees Of Steve Martin

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 Posted in Site Updates, Your Discography Help Requested | 2 Comments »

Someone did a bunch of searches trying to connect Steve Martin to various musicians. Some of the connections worked and some didn't. I added some data so that they all work. Steve Martin to Bruce Springsteen Steve Martin to ...

Bernard Purdie And Beatles Proximity

Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is one of the great session drummers.  He has a long list of impressive credits, but I think my favorite Purdie recording right now is this instructional video excerpt: Unfortunately, a lot of people identify Purdie primarily with ...

Vincent Price and (of course) Kevin Bacon

Sunday, March 1st, 2009 Posted in Site Updates | No Comments »

Vincent Price had a well-known cameo on Michael Jackson's Thriller and a less well-known cameo on Alice Cooper's Welcome To My Nightmare. Kevin Bacon is in The Bacon Brothers with Michael Bacon.  They had Jon Bon Jovi as a guest musician ...