Magic 98 Saturday at the 70s

10/16/2025

This will be a hard one for a lot of people to take.

Paul 'Ace' Frehley, lead guitarist and cofounder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Kiss, has died. He was 74.

10/10/2025

We can never go more than a few weeks without another obituary.

Moody Blues legend John Lodge died 'suddenly and unexpectedly' at age 82 in October 2025

10/04/2025

that's right

09/27/2025

50 years ago this week, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" debuted in theaters, and bombed. It wasn't until the next spring that somebody got the idea to do midnight showings, and you know the story from there. Or do you?

Creator Richard O’Brien reflects on how the 1975 movie musical became a haven for the "marginalized and disenfranchised"

09/20/2025

On Friday the 12th, Ann and I saw Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band at the Miller High Life Theater in Milwaukee. The All-Starrs included Steve Lukather of Toto, Hamish Stuart of AWB, and Colin Hay of Men at Work, along with instrumentalist Warren Ham and drummer Gregg Bissonette. Which meant we heard "Rosanna" and "Hold the Line," "Pick Up the Pieces," "Down Under" and "Who Can It Be Now," among others.

When the All-Starrs were singing, Ringo moved over to his drum kit. He's is 85 but you'd never know it. He sounds great, he looks great, and hearing him sing "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" were absolute bucket-list moments.

09/13/2025

Here's a 50-year time warp that's full of bangers. If you don't like any one of the top 6, we have to break up. "Get Down Tonight" absolutely smokes, and "Fight the Power" is still as relevant today as it was then. I somehow never played "Run Joey Run" on the show despite the fact that it is gourmet 70s cheese. (Limburger.)

If you want to see the entire Cash Box Top 100 from this week in 1975, it's here: https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19750913.html

09/08/2025

Here we are, back on the obituary beat again: Rick Davies of Supertramp over the weekend and Tom Shipley of Brewer and Shipley late last month.

https://pitchfork.com/news/rick-davies-supertramp-founder-and-singer-dies-at-81/

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/70s-folk-rock-singer-behind-152026017.html

The British rock musician was responsible for “Goodbye Stranger” and other hits

09/06/2025

I heard this song the other day and now you have to listen to it too.

‘Daddy Dewdrop’ was songwriter Dick Monda, who co-produced this Top 10 novelty.Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 5, Billboard & Record World 9Transferred from mono 4...

08/30/2025

I am a grown man and I'd play in a dang refrigerator box *right now*. //Jim

08/23/2025

son of sam
you da man
kick the can

what else you got?

08/16/2025

I learned, however, that I could not live without it by my side.

08/08/2025

I found out that Loni Anderson had died on Monday when a friend sent me this picture with the caption "Protect Bailey Quarters at all costs."

I wrote about Loni and some of the other people we've lost recently, including Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Lehrer, and others. Read it here: https://thjkoc.net/2025/08/08/fascinations/

//Jim