From the Archives

As many of you who have tried it will attest, blogging can be extremely cerebral. Not for me, of course: I go strictly by feeling, and awhile ago my feelings said, "Go to the Archives and make us groove." After diving in, I emerged cleansed and refreshed. After combing through them, I emerged well groomed. Etc. Clicking the song titles should launch the songs.*** Clicking the artists' names will take you to the original posts, where you will find all kinds of potentially useful matter.

The Sky Drops - Million mp3

The Comas - Come My Sunshine mp3

Coco B's - Sister Cold Caller mp3

Mason Proper - My My (Bad Fruit) mp3
The Saps - Hospital mp3

Mitch Easter - Time Warping mp3

Johnny Monaco - The Wrong Crowd mp3
Broadfield Marchers – Kingdom for Lions mp3
Ruetschle - Can You Remember? mp3

Great Northern - The Middle mp3
Winterpills – Broken Arm mp3

Palomar - You’re Keeping Us Up mp3

***I was getting some popup-blocking action when testing some of these links. If this happens to you, hold down Ctrl when clicking the song title. Only a suggestion.

Johnny Monaco & The Happy Misnomer

Far be it from me to accuse an artist of excessive self-effacement. If, however, the two downloadables on Chicagoan Johnny Monaco's new album are any indication, the Enuff Z'Nuff guitarist/vocalist is at least flirting therewith. Overrated it is, overrated it is not. This pop is primo hooch. Is he perhaps merely affecting modesty? This intro is getting entirely too deep and philosophical and stuff, so let's let the ears have it. Listen and see/hear/feel/touch/taste for yourself. Thanks to Aaron at Powerpopaholic for the alert, insightful review, and additional sample.

Johnny Monaco - Overrated
The Wrong Crowd mp3
Overrated mp3