Sunday, July 26, 2015

"Squeaky And The Black Knight" The Royal Guardsmen

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In late 1966, a young rock band by the name of The Royal Guardsmen released a single on the Laurie record label called, "Snoopy And T...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Coolest Human In The World #39: Sam The Butcher

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NAME:  Sam The Butcher, feeble-minded butcher on The Brady Bunch TV show. SERIAL KILLER?: No, but Sam The Butcher would be a great name f...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Casey's Really Scratchy Record Collection Presents: "The Ventures Play The Batman Theme" (1966)

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The Ventures were not only the greatest rock n roll instrumental group of all time, they were also the most prolific. In 1966 alone, they...

Coolest Book In The World #186: "Three Men Seeking Monsters" by Nick Redfern

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Like most kids growing up in the seventies, I thought at some point in my adulthood I would load up in a cool looking van and go hunting f...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Coolest Album In The World #262: "Ghost Stories For Young People" Alfred Hitchcock

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Great spoken word album hosted by Alfred Hitchcock himself.  As a kid, we would sit in the dark listening to this on hot air conditionles...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" Carole King

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"Pleasant Valley Sunday" has always been one of my favorite Monkees songs...great melody, hip lyrics, groovy guitar lick, incred...
Friday, March 27, 2015

The One Man Band Chronicles #1: Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas

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Mysterious Country blues musician from Big Sandy, Texas...Recorded for Vocalion Records in 1927 &1929...Was in his fifties during reco...