lost and found

by Ashley Paskill Artist: Hall & Oates Year: 1973 Album: Abandoned Luncheonette   Every band has an album that launches them into fame and remains iconic through the years. For Philly-area natives Daryl Hall and John Oates, that album was 1973’s Abandoned Luncheonette, Read More

By Joe Jamnitzky Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins Album: The Aeroplane Flies High (Box Set) Year: 1996 If memory serves correctly (which isn’t something that always happens), I mentioned in a much older article that 1996 was the year that belonged to The Smashing Pumpkins. They had Read More

By Joe Jamnitzky Artist: The Beatles Song Title: “Revolution (Take 20)” Year: 1968, unreleased I recently approached my editors with an idea of writing a Lost and Found article on a single song. An odd request, to be sure, but I was ultimately given permission, provided I could Read More

By Joe Jamnitzky Artist: Cheap Trick Album: Cheap Trick Year: 1977 Serial killers. Suicide. Pedophiles. Not the sort of topics you would relate to Cheap Trick, but sure enough, they’re all present on their debut album. Cheap Trick is an example of a strange phenomenon I’ve seen Read More

By Joe Jamnitzky Artist: The Kinks Album: The Kinks Present a Soap Opera Year: 1975 Well….after a near 4 year hiatus, filled with varying life circumstances (and with the exception of my David Bowie tribute which apparently made some people cry), I’ve once again returned to the Read More

By Ziggy Merritt The Cleaners from Venus – Living with Victoria Grey (1986) 1981 saw the release of the first proper Cleaners of Venus album from the multi-talented auteur, Martin Newell. Since then and even before, his career has continued unabated with success and failure Read More