Sunday, February 21, 2016

Wheel Of Palmer (Early '80s Edition): Which Style Will It Land On?

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Oh to be Robert Palmer in the early '80s - to be able to treat your singing career like a magician's card trick. Pick a style, an...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Hello, I Must Be Going! ... To Hell AKA Phil's Shocking Confession Falls On Deaf Ears

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If you thought Phil Collins got all the divorce bile out of his system with his first solo album, well, think again. Jovial title aside, ...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Stock Aitken Waterman: They Came, They SAW, They Produced Tacky Dance-Pop

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And there sat dance music in the early '80s, so "innovative," so "underground," so "trendsetting." Who, ...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

Zrbo's Favorite Songs of 2015

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Another year, another top 5. Here we go: #5:  Halo 5 - "Kamchatka" In my review of Halo 5 I didn't really touch upon the...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Merry Christmas from the Cosmic American Blog

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Eat your heart out, George.
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Why Whisper Carelessly When You Can Let The Sax Can Do All The Talking? - Part I: Early Whispers

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Blow along with me now: Bwah  Bwah -da-da-da  Bwah -da-da ...  Bwah -da-da-da  Bwah- da-da ...  Bwah -da-da-da-duh ... Bwah-da-da-da Da...
Monday, December 7, 2015

Zrbo Reviews: Halo 5: Guardians (343 Industries, 2015)

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It's been three years since Halo 4, the first Halo game not made by Halo creators Bungie. Handled now by Microsoft's internal game...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

Belinda Feels The Payne AKA "Band Of Gold" ... On Solid Gold?

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Prepare to feel the payne - the Freda Payne. In 1970, Freda Payne hit #3 in the US and #1 in the UK with "Band Of Gold," one o...
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Back In The High Life: Could've Aimed A Little Higher, Steve

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By 1986, it seems like the man who'd spent his entire career aspiring to be the next Ray Charles was now aspiring to be the next ... P...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Miami Sound Machine: Not Actually A Machine, But Led Zeppelin Wasn't An Actual Zeppelin

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Fifty years hence, when the young village children gather ceremoniously in the makeshift square carved out of an abandoned warehouse, afte...
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