The College Crowd Digs Me

The  Horse  Head Presents... 6 Degrees of ~ CASEY CHAMBERS ~  1.   Everett CHAMBERS  -  TV producer ...spent decades in television and is best known as the executive producer for the classic detective series... COLUMBO .  One of my favorite eps... "A Deadly State of Mind" (Season 4 - 1975) is streaming now on Netflix .  2.   Marilyn CHAMBERS -   Actress ...was a savvy and talented business gal who became a mega-star in the adult entertainment industry.  Her break-out performance in "Behind the Green Door" (1972) is NOT on Netflix ...but will have you streaming just the same. 3.   Paul CHAMBERS -  Jazz bassist  ...was one of the top bass guitarists of his era with his debut... " Whims of Chambers " (1956)  considered an excellent sample of hard bop. However, it is his outstanding string-spankage with the Miles Davis Quintet (1955-1963) that sparkles...

GEMS IN MY  MAILBOX Sometimes ...one must revisit the past before pushing things forward.   And... Fatal Jamz... appear to be pushing things forward quite nicely.  With plenty of  glitter-glam panache and tasty rock-meat on the bone .   Fatal Jamz     make one point after another with  delicious   sparkling guitar shimmer ...never allowing the listener a moment of doubt that they know what they're doing...whether it's melting the paint or catching a butterfly.   And the mix is excellent. Marion Belle F alsetto love-flame singer Marion Belle  absolutely shines...delivering the news like a  Dickens town-crier.  With a powerful and gentle  urgency, Belle has learned  from the best...sounding both uniquely  fresh and oddly familiar.   "Scorpion Chain"  -  Fatal Jamz Fatal Jamz  "Vol 1" is filled with eleven songs that  rewa...

"Some girl that  knows the meaning of... hey hit the highway." John Mellencamp The acknowledged  "Little Bastard"... John Mellencamp ...had already recorded five albums prior to his 1982 money shot ... "American Fool" . Most critics, uptil then, had taken a collective turd on ' Camp's earlier output, but the two albums leading up to his Billboard Breakout were not all too shab . (I'm not dipping my toes in water earlier than that!) His self-titled... "John Cougar"   (1979)   and "Nothin' Matters and What If It Did" (1980) ...are not necessarily must-own albums, (although both are in my keeper-collection)...but they're not Mellencrap either. So here are 7 underrated songs well-worth another viz for your cherry-picking pleasure. John Cougar (1979) "Sodom and Gomorah  they run the roadhouse." (" A Little Night Dancin' ") "All those old fools you used to ru...

"I gotta take me on a permanent vacation." --> Aerosmith <-- Take a two week trip and you feel like you've done something.   Samuel Pickwick and his wealthy cronies decide to skedaddle outta the city for a two year romp exploring the English countryside. Now that's what you call a vacaysh ! Charles Dickens ' first novel finds him weaving a humorous tale of misunderstandings and happenstances that follow likable Pickwick and his goodnik buddies wherever they travel.  In the process, Dickens brings to the forefront many social issues that would be more famously explored in his later novels. At over 800 pgs, "The Pickwick Papers" (1836) is not for the faint of heart.   Dickens occasionally stretches sentences like he's pulling apart a Slinky.  And the slangular dialect of the period can take a bit of warming up to. But once you catch on to the rhythm of the word-flow... (and you will) ...it's a pretty dang entertaining r...

" Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round Everybody's in step with the season." --> Gordon Lightfoot <-- When it comes to Gordon Lightfoot albums...I mostly cherry-pick the branches rather than take the whole tree. But what I've grabbed from this Canadian troubadour's catalog are absolutely killer and not to be missed. Lightfoot has always reminded me of Jimmy Buffet...(without the tray of empty margarita glasses piling up around his table, of course.) That's not meant to be a bad thing...just that Gordie generally keeps it a wee-bit more serious. His folk rock presence was most heavily felt in the 70's ...thanks to his first and only #1 album in the States... "Sundown" (1974) . Songs like "Carefree Highway" and the title track are daily radio staples and have remained timeless. Lost Gem:--> "Circle Of Steel" ......is a haunting portrait of a Xmas season for families of the welfare variety. ...

" ...comics are just about the only real performance artists left on this planet. " --> Romie Lee <-- HORSE HEAD MEETS ROMIE LEE Chef Extraordinaire Cabbie To The Stars Stand-Up Comedian @sexyfatfunny ( "Twitter is my metaphorical stage. Facebook is for the gays and low cholesterol is for pussies." - Romie Lee ) HORSE HEAD: Tell me about an older album/CD you think has been forgotten or underrated. A song. ROMIE LEE: Before I answer your question, I'd like to get something off my chest. I have a real disdain for the people who go ape shit supporting local cover bands...but won't give the time of day supporting the local comedians working some original stuff. It's frustrating. Comedians can't hit the stage performing the best of Kinison or covering Carlin's greatest hits. You either bring your own stuff on stage...or you don't get a stage. I don't mean to soapbox...but comics are just ab...

Favorite Song Lyrics: The ones that linger around your head...(for whatever reason) long after the song' s been put away. FAVORITE BOB SEGER LYRICS - Pt 1 "I used her, she used me but neither one cared We were getting our share." - ("Night Moves") "He's always willing to be second-best A perfect lodger, a perfect guest." - ("Beautiful Loser") "Jody girl, Jody girl Spend your time today Watchin' clocks spin the hours away." - ("Jody Girl" ) " I could go east, I could go west It was all up to me to decide." - ("Roll Me Away") "I remember standing on the corner at midnight trying to get my courage up." - ("Main Street") "Most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can." - ("Turn The Page") "Sometimes at night I see their faces I feel the traces they've left...