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First up in our prize pack is Caper Clowns' latest album, their sophomore collection entitled A Salty Taste to the Lake. Eleven tasty melodic morsels, including top tracks like the poptastic "Sacre Bleu," tell the tale of a band that is turning heads from sea to shining sea.
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Reviews: 2.7.19: Caper Clowns and Sons of Morning
Caper Clowns | "Second to None" b/w "Verboten" (2019)
The hits just keep on coming! The fourth single from Caper Clowns' fantastic sophomore long-player, A Salty Taste to the Lake (one of our Favorite Records of the Year: Stars of 2018), is a double dose of delight. The album's catchy, uptempo popper, "Second to None," is supported by the previously-unavailable "Verboten," a truly astonishing slice of pop complexity composed of three distinct sections, all circling a decidedly Beatlesque-by-way-of-the-Rembrandts beacon. The first section lays all of the song's catchy cards on the table; it's followed by a lovely, wordless, 30-second bridge, and the third piece of the puzzle, similar to the first but, perhaps, a bit sweeter.
Caper Clowns' b-sides continue to marvel, in much the same way that their a-sides do. Odense, Denmark's favorite sons continue to prove that they can do no wrong.
Where to Get It: Amazon (Releases February 11)
Sons of Morning | "Cold and Blue" b/w "Evangeline" (Big Stir, 2019)
Sounding as if they were plucked from the set list of a band playing school dances in the late 1950s or early 1960s, Connecticut popsters Sons of Morning's latest songs are of a piece. "Cold and Blue" is a dreamy ballad about hopeful, forever love, and "Evangeline" is a rather stark statement of amour.
The 11th in the ongoing series of digital singles being released by the fine folks at Big Stir, this is pop balladry like it used to rock the house. Savory, sweet joy.
Where to Get It: Purchase and preview at Big Stir Digital Singles
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Favorite Records of the Year: Stars of 2018
Happy New Year, and welcome to the list.
About said list…it was the subject of my one and only New Year's resolution: to keep the number of entries to 15. Well, good luck with that, I told myself, and wouldn't you know it…I couldn't make that work. How about 20? No? Okay then, how about 22? Twenty-two it is.
My annual list of the year's best full-length releases collects what are, to me, the absolute top of the pops–the very bestest of the bunch. I liked and loved and adored many more long players, of course, but these are the ones I thought about and returned to the most.
As in past years, my favorite records of the year are listed in random order. I've never been able to compile lists of any kind in order of importance, size, or weight; my number five of today might drop to number 11 or rise two spots tomorrow, depending on my mood. So, random order it is.
Here are some truly exceptional releases–Pure Pop Radio's Favorite Records of the Year: The Stars of 2018, presented randomly, all shiny and bright, all perfect for a place in your collection of great melodic pop music. A gathering of honorable mentions appears after the main list.
David Myhr | Lucky Day (Lojinx, 2018)
A beautifully rendered selection of melody-rich songs from one of melodic pop music's greatest practitioners, Lucky Day is the sound of a master songwriter's loving embrace.
A warmhearted musical journey, Lucky Day's 10 lovingly crafted songs, written solo and with some of melodic pop's top writers, feature beautiful melodies and top-notch playing and singing. All contribute to one of 2018's best albums. "Room to Grow," written with Pure Pop Radio favorite Bill DeMain, about giving a romance all the chances it deserves to prosper, is just one gorgeous example of the treasures on offer.
Produced by Brad Jones, Andreas Dahlbäck and Myhr, Lucky Day is a wonderful gift to lovers of melodic pop.
Where to Get It: Amazon, Lojinx
The Cherry Drops | Good to the Last Drop (2018)
On-air and mobile deejay Vern Shank's melange of bubblegum and sunshine pop populates the Cherry Drops' third welcome, rousing collection of smile-inducing songs that simultaneously evoke memories of favorite old songs and create memories of new numbers written and performed in the manner of the '60s and '70s.
Featuring co-writes with fellow Cherry Drop Joshua Cobb and classic popsters such as the Archies' Ron Dante, the Grass Roots' Mark Dawson, and the late Gary DeCarlo of Steam, and choice covers of treasured hit classic numbers, Good to the Last Drop is a mighty fun ride.
"One More Try" is a Paul McCartney-esque mid-tempo slice of pure pop topped with Queen-styled electric guitar runs. "Feels Like Summer Love" is a loving nod to '60s Beach Boys balladry, maybe the truest such tip of the hat in recent memory. The harmonies are gorgeous. The Cherry Drops pay homage to the Lovin' Spoonful's classic "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," bringing in original Spoonful member Steve Boone on bass and opening with a lovely a cappella-over-keyboard opening.
A fun time will be had by all.
Where to Get It: The Cherry Drops' Website, CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes
Mothboxer | Open Sky (2018)
Dave Ody's outfit stretches into some of the most creative, expression-filled songs of its long history on an album steeped in clever songcraft. A coming together and pulling apart experience built around surprising chord changes and elastic melodies, set against primarily alternative instrumental backings, Open Sky is aptly named.
Among the many highlights: "Sunshine Sound," a slow-to-mid tempo song set sound-wise vaguely in the Beach Boys' Holland era, and "Million Miles Away," perhaps the most immediate sounding song on the album, a piano-based tune with harmony vocals that shine.
Open Sky is a keeper, maybe Mothboxer's best.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, Mothboxer's Web Store
Alice Bierhorst | Ready for My Close-Up (2018)
The followup to 2016's The Beacon is an even more astute collection of piano-based musical wizardry from this New York-based artist. High art meets accessible in these 10 songs that recall the works of early Carly Simon, Claire Hamill and Laura Nyro.
The title song is a pleasing, dramatic collision of Broadway and British folk. "Save It for a Rainy Day" is a slow burn of a ballad that shows off Bierhorst's dynamic vocal range. "Beginners" is a drawing room waltz that rolls atop Peter Kiesewalter's lively arrangement.
Call it all classical pop or singer-songwriter musings for the 2010s, but do call it yours by adding Ready for My Close-Up to your collection of smart pop. Bierhorst's melodies reach the highest heights; Bierhorst is ready for her close-up, and then some.
Where to Get It: Alice Bierhorst's Website, Bandcamp
Danny Wilkerson | Wilkerson (Spyderpop, 2018)
Working together with Bleu, who produced this superlative pure pop platter and co-wrote the songs, Danny Wilkerson, the always-and-forever Pengwin, has whipped up a self-titled opus that is by far this year's most affecting collection of catchy, melodic earworms.
Wilkerson is a thing of wonder. Any and all, for that matter, of these dazzling songs could, and do, serve as examples of how to do it. Like the dynamic leadoff track, "Everybody Loves to Love," a masterful piece of writing and statement of melodic purpose that begins drawing breath as if it were arranged by Burt Bacharach and goes on to incorporate a variety of tempos and approaches during its alluring five-and-one-half minutes.
All told, Wilkerson is nothing less than a good thing. It is, in fact, a great thing, and another feather in the cap of the mighty Spyderpop record label.
Where to Get It: The Spyderpop Store, Kool Kat Musik, CD Baby, and iTunes
McPherson Grant | McPherson Grant (2018)
Paying sweet homage to the melodic pop ruling class headed by Harry Nilsson, Paul McCartney, Klaatu, Brian Wilson and the like, Scott McPherson and Jamie Grant–their last names fused together in joyous harmony–have crafted almost an hour's worth of sturdy earworms. Endlessly endearing songs like the lovely and charming "Housekeeper," about cleaning up a romantic life gone sour and empty and honestly assessing the less-than-attractive situation ensure repeatability.
Cut from the catchy cloth of so many '70s classics, the perky "Come Around Again," about learning to realize and revel in the bountiful joy in front of one's face, is propelled by Zak Nilsson's drums and a sunny disposition that wouldn't feel out of place during the summer months. And speaking of summer, "Let's Drive to Summer" recounts a slow-growing, toe-tapping Beach Boys-by-way-of-Holland road course from cold Canada to warm Florida ("We'll just follow the coast/Our sandals and shorts in tow/Waiting till the palms wave hello").
Produced, written, played, arranged and recorded by Scott and Jamie (and don't ask who did what; it's a mystery even to both halves of the duo), and featuring guest turns by Zak Nilsson and Klaatu's Terry Draper and Dee Long, Song travels the path negotiated by so many artists who came before them, but in a way that is significantly and characteristically their own. Song is a marvel.
Where to Get It: Tiny Volcano's Web Shop, Kool Kat Musik
The Davenports | Don't Be Mad at Me (2018)
Scott Klass and crew's fourth long player, arriving 18 years after their smashing debut, Speaking Of, is the usual collection of literate, assured, thinking person's pop songs. Anchored by the masterful title song, a tremendously enriching melodically-charged experience about a family light whose world has slowed to a crawl, who is needing help to maneuver through her days, this album swims in waters populated with one incredibly rich song after another.
"Away From Me," sporting a typically attractive Klass melody, is a vaguely countryish construct about saying goodbye to one side of one's personality, supported by strings that bend somewhat ominously around the melody. And "I Don't Know What to Do," an insanely catchy kind of left-field number co-written by Klass and David Myhr, is built around a clever, rocky riff and does its business in just over two minutes. It's quite ingenious.
A great album.
Where to Get It: The Davenports' Online Store, Amazon, Kool Kat Musik, iTunes
Caper Clowns | A Salty Taste to the Lake (2018)
The mighty Caper Clowns are back with their sophomore long player, another well-crafted collection of top-flight melodic pop gems. From the undeniably catchy opening confection "The Way I Dream," which sports a clever acoustic guitar riff and an enchanting melody, to "Sacre Bleu," a piano-based, harmony wonder that sounds like the kind of song radio should be embracing and sending up to the top of the charts, A Salty Taste to the Lake is a winner all the way. That makes two in a row. Good job, guys.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, iTunes, Amazon
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize | The Twelve Days of Christmas (2018)
A late-year surprise and not only a charming, top-flight holiday-themed album but one of the best melodic pop albums of the year, Charlie Darling's collection of original from-the-heart Christmas songs will warm you like a heaping cup of peppermint candy cane-flavored good cheer.
Bittersweet holiday tales told in pretty swaths of lovingly rendered melody, and sung with an everyman's sweetness, color this delightful song cycle; sincere, understated orchestration, a literary approach to lyrical conceits, and a pinch of sleigh bells catch the ear time and again in lovely slow- and mid-tempo-ballads.
Darling's vocals, sort of a contemporary cross between the tones of the Big Dish's Steven Lindsay and Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant, are key to making songs like gentle ballads "Every Christmas," about missing a love gone away grab hold of your heart. And then the artist changes course: "Andy Partridge (From XTC)" is a spirited pop sprint substituting the names of pop and rock bands through the ages for the various creatures evidenced in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Three Dog Night, the Dave Clark Five, Gang of Four, Nine Inch Nails and Joe Strummer (strumming), among them).
One of the best albums of the year, Christmas-oriented or not? Yes, indeed.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp
Bill Lloyd | Working the Long Game (Spyderpop, 2018)
Bill Lloyd, one of melodic pop's most distinguished practitioners of the art, has released one of the very best albums of 2018, with which you will fall in love.
Working the Long Game's dozen melodic pearls, whether written solo or with top song scribes like 10cc's Graham Gouldman, Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson, and Wanderlust's Scot Sax, are gorgeous, instantly classic gems of the Lloydian variety. Like the co-write with Graham Gouldman, "What Time Won't Heal," about letting love in again after a relationship withers away ("What time won't heal/Love will repair/And if you open up your heart/You'll find it there").
The closer, "Shining," is a beautiful ballad of the one-man-band variety that features some lovely sixties-inspired guitar lines and harmonies. The narrator sings about his true love and you will feel the emotion. It's all fantastic, so get ready to fall in love.
Where to Get It: Spyderpop, Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, CD Baby
Fernando Perdomo | Zebra Crossing (2018)
Recorded in famed Abbey Road Studios and in Perdomo's own Reseda Ranch Studios, the wearer of many musical hats' fourth album is a rich tapestry of styles centered around the artist's considerable composing and instrumental prowess. It's a clear winner.
Highlights are many. The gorgeous ballad, "I'm Here," is as good and classy an opening track as one could imagine; a strong melody and emotive vocals make the proceedings shine. The poppy "Sometimes I Feel Like Nothing at All," cowritten by Beach Boys lyricist Stephen Kalinich, is an inviting tune topped by sensitive strings. And popster Ken Sharp guests on guitar on the should-be-a-radio-hit "Find Love," a spectacular upbeat, McCartneyesque pop song.
Speaking of Fab connections, an all-in, emotionally reverent cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," credited to the Zebra Crossing All Star Band, finds guest vocalists Diane Birch, Shawn Lee, and Jason and Daphna Rowe and lead guitarist Perdomo taking center stage for a thrilling album closer. What better Beatles track to cover for an album named in tribute to the area in front of the studio the Fabs called home?
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, Amazon, Kool Kat Musik
Mick Terry | Days Go By (Kool Kat, 2018)
Mick Terry's Days Go By is 2018's standout pure melodic pop album. It's filled with the kind of songs that used to jump out of transistor radios way back in the when.
Every one of these 10 songs is golden. Witness: "Emily Come Back," an upbeat, poppy tune that's sure to please and features this album's title in the lyric. "Everybody's Talking" is an upbeat, sixties influenced Motown-meets-Billy Joel song (think around the time of Joel's An Innocent Man album), a toe-tapping classic if ever I heard one. And "Friends Like That" is another upbeat gem with a great melody, handclaps, horns and a crazy, meaty guitar solo.
Working with producer Jim Boggia, Terry has produced a clear, melodic winner.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Mick Terry on Bandcamp
Astral Drive | Astral Drive (Lojinx, 2018)
Longtime producer and songwriter Phil Thornalley has made nothing less than the Todd Rundgren album that Todd Rundgren never made in the 1970s. Astral Drive is nothing less than one of the best albums of 2018.
Astral Drive finds Phil Thornalley doing most of the heavy lifting for a joyous tour de force composed of original songs that echo the catchy sounds that the Hermit of Mink Hollow made all those many years ago. Thornalley, a legendary producer and songwriter whose lengthy list of credits includes co-writing Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn," fell in love with Todd Rundgren's music when he heard Todd's song "Useless Begging." The rest, as they say, is history.
Astral Drive's go-to, so-much-fun-to-listen-to song "Summer of '76" practically demands that you sing along, whether you know the words or not. You will love, with all of your heart, the warm ballad "Wishing I Could Change the World," which honors the classic Todd-meets-Philly-Soul bond, and the glorious, melody-infused, upbeat "Love is Real."
One of 2018's biggest and happiest surprises, without a doubt.
Where to Get It: The Lojinx shop, Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, and iTunes
Michael Simmons | First Days of Summer (2018)
Musician and high school educator Michael Simmons, from Yorktown Lads and the much-missed sparkle*jets u.k., has crafted a stylistically diverse collection of songs that expertly lays out the artist's diverse musical vision and dedication to craft.
From the opening and closing near-perfect, soft-pop bookends "Do Your Best to Care," a keyboard driven toe-tapper featuring a determined, jazzy electric guitar solo, and the sleepy, closing ballad "Center of the Spiral," which ends as if a turntable's needle has become comfortably stuck in a loop within a record's runoff wax, First Days of Summer speaks to melody-hungry melodic pop fans.
What shines brightly and decisively from within these dozen tracks is the passion that Michael Simmons has for making and playing music (he played most of the instruments on this album). He would do well to keep at this music thing and start planning his next collection with due haste.
Linus of Hollywood | Cabin Life (2018)
Nearly 20 years after his debut long player landed on planet Earth, Linus of Hollywood has served up 10 scoops of tasty, melodic treats on Cabin Fever, his delightful fifth effort that really, truly is the kind of thing that puts a spring in your step.
Some heartfelt words of wisdom are imparted in the fast-paced pop song "Won't Let It Get Me Down," played and sung with gusto. Cabin Life's tender closing ballad, "It Was You," details a love story for the ages. Beautifully sung and dedicated to Linus's wife Augusta, the emotional arrangement marries delicate orchestration to nimble acoustic guitar playing as Linus sings about his true soul mate. "I finally got out of my own way," he sings. "Everything just felt so easy/And I left behind my yesterday/You saved me from myself, believe me."
"Drive up to the hills/Take that winding road/I think I remember where it goes," the title song sings. And that winding road? It goes to one of 2018's very best albums–Linus of Hollywood's lovely Cabin Life.
Where to Get It: Linus of Hollywood's web store, Amazon, iTunes
Dana Countryman | Cabaret of Love (Sterling Swan, 2018)
The year is not complete without a musical missive from melodic pop music's melody and harmony king. Dana Countryman's Cabaret of Love is one of 2018's top long players, a joyous song cycle that surveys the feeling that unites us all: love.
Every number is a winner in this Cabaret of Love. "Just See If I Care" is a happy-sounding, hit-the-road-Jill Merseybeat-styled rocker featuring the Spongetones' Jamie Hoover singing along and playing lead guitar in quite a Fab way. The heartfelt Four Freshmen homage, "The Night I Fell in Love With You," is an unforgettable, romantic number with an affecting tea room orchestra arrangement and warm lead vocal sung by Tim Smolens from I.S.S. (Ideal Social Situation).
Cabaret of Love is chock full of guest star turns from such pop favorites as Klaatu's Terry Draper (who turns in a top-shelf, particularly romantic lead vocal on "I'll Be Shining Above You"), Klaatu's Dee Long (electric guitar on "Shout"), and Tiny Volcano's Scott McPherson (vocals on "You're Still Number One").
Cabaret of Love is a glorious gift for music lovers everywhere.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, Amazon
Carpenter Smith and Jones | Petty (Big Radio, 2018)
Petty is a sincere and lovely celebration of the music of one of rock's most magnanimous songwriters and performers, now sadly departed. It is a triumphant achievement, performed with heart by Michael Carpenter and songbirds Abby Smith and Sophie Jones.
The trio's earthy vocal blend and the perhaps more deliberate pacing of the songs combine to amplify the emotions contained within the lyrics and music for a particularly engaging listen.
"Runnin' Down a Dream" is recast as a slow, sometimes moody shuffle, a vocal workout bolstered by bracing electric guitars and Carpenter's forceful drums. "Don't Come Around Here No More" finds itself swimming atop a dreamy landscape played out with only nimble electric guitar backing beneath the trio's emotional vocals (the final harmony stack is a joy to behold). And the Traveling Wilburys' "End of the Line," which closes this collection, takes on a singalong gospel tone; handclaps and joyous, freeing vocals abound. Prepare for an emotionally uplifting listening experience.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, Kool Kat Musik
The Grand Levé | The Grand Levé (2018)
Göran Hjertstedt, who made the quite grand The Grand Levé with Europe's (the Swedish rock band, not the continent) Ian Haugland, Ulf Holmberg, Göran Holmberg, Staffan Ebbesten, and Jonas Karlberg, is a music making veteran (best known for the equally grand Longplayer).
Although The Grand Levé fairly obviously shares cell structure with the music of Jeff Lynne, 10cc, Queen, Tom Petty and other members of the usual suspects club, and traffics in motifs pioneered during such periods as the 1960s and 1700s (note the classically-inclined first track, "And Light Appeared," which straddles influences by either consciously or subconsciously quoting Elton John), the artist Hjertstedt is his own man, and The Grand Levé is his album.
Dig the Electric Light Orchestra vibe of "All in the City." "Free" is very melody-rich Tom Petty, and "Yesterday Man" is very pure pop and Göran Hjertstedt by way of Longplayer. The mutli-retro "Two to Tango," a bluesy drawing room number about love and dancing that namechecks Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is another slice of joy.
The Grand Levé makes its mark because its sound pictures, drawn with love and affection, tell an affecting, collective tale. The Grand Levé is nothing less than a triumph for fans of melodic pop music.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, CD Baby. Stream on YouTube and Spotify
Louise Goffin | All These Hellos (2018)
An exceptional dialog driven by melody and emotion, All These Hellos is a steamer trunk full of memories placed under a microscope to help us figure our place under the sun.
Anchored by Goffin's lovely, fragile vocals and superb playing from star musicians such as Fernando Perdomo, these 10 songs are quite an attractive showcase for superlative songwriting. The artist is clearly invested in these slices of reflective pop; such is the strength of communication with the listener.
Goffin embraces her pop side with a number of straight ahead, upbeat charmers. "Good Times Call" is a soulful and very catchy sixties-esque pop number about being in love and feeling it. "Life Lessons," another upbeat pop tune with piano at its core and punctuated by horns, is about being true to yourself and following your heart. And the title song is an inviting mid-tempo number about needing the memories of a childhood place to fade.
A wonderfully rich collection of songs; a terrific album.
Where to Get It: Amazon, iTunes
Super 8 | Hi Lo (Futureman, 2018)
Paul Ryan, d/b/a Super 8, ended 2018 with another top-flight recording–his third of the year–collecting 11 strong songs about employing hopefulness along one's path through life.
"Angels and Neil Diamond" is a tremendous piece of writing, an easygoing, acoustic look back on childhood's glory days, reliving one's youth through good times and bad. It's a lovely, affecting song that is followed by proof that the title is holly holy. Ryan presents a clever take on Diamond's wonderful "Cherry, Cherry," which is pretty life affirming on its own, especially in Ryan's recasting of the tune as part garage, part coffee house, and all Super 8.
The Rolling Stones nod, "Good Times" ("Had enough of the bad times"), is a happy stroke in the running order, as is the pop-folk hybrid "Bob Dylan Said That," about getting by in life with your own vision, and, no doubt, following on from what you've learned from the bard's poetry.
The hits just keep on coming; you'll love every one of them, delivered in Ryan's emotive style. And for those of you wondering why the man didn't go for four albums in a single year, just remember…there's always this year.
Where to Get It: Futureman, Kool Kat Musik
The Grip Weeds | Trip Around the Sun (Jem, 2018)
This dynamic collection, recorded at the Grip Weeds' home base, House of Vibes in Highland Park, New Jersey, pushes across the finish line a dozen high energy songs. The band has upped the level of urgency normally associated with their work. In other words, business as usual, with a bit more zing.
In the well-appointed, melody-drenched opener, "Vibrations," the stage is set with a mix of chiming guitars and rich harmony parts. Not for the first time on this album, I felt as though I were listening to Free Design vocalizing decades after that group's 1960s and 1970s heyday. The effect that the Grip Weeds have achieved with this song alone is hall-of-fame worthy.
So it should hardly come as a surprise that the band's deft weaving together of yesterday's musical signposts and today's contemporary approaches continue throughout these songs. Take the poppy "After the Sunrise," for example, which slides from tender acoustic to more upbeat electric guitar stances so expertly, with a lovely melody and sweet harmonies in tow.
The whole pop-rocking ball of wax rolls into the exhaustive closer, the six-minute-long title track, which states its introductory case firmly opened in widescreen, Who territory and concludes with all instruments and vocals blazing and coming together in an impassioned burst of emotion. What a welcome shout of energetic joy this album brings!
Where to Get It: The Grip Weeds' Trip Around the Sun Store, Amazon
Vegas With Randolph | Legs & Luggage (2018)
Legs & Luggage is Vegas With Randolph's best album yet. It is a marvel. This is a new-phase VWR album that thunders across the plains with harder-edged chutzpah than their previous releases. The guitars are louder and the sound is more aggressive. The sound is more purposeful, but just as catchy and fun as always.
For this new album, the band has recorded songs with flashy hooks just as they have done all along, but this time around, there is perhaps a little more oomph spitting out of the engine. This new-phase VWR is a well-oiled and rocking machine.
It's not just the sound of this thing, it's the words sung sweetly, confidently, meaningfully and powerfully all the way through, telling stories of a scholarly seductress ("She's An Intellectual"), completely fulfilling forever love ("I Have You"), and riding the roller coaster of love even though it might tug back ("Jacob"). Then, there's "Three Red Hooks," presenting the power of music as a metaphor for confident performance with perhaps this album's most creative lyrics ("Rock steady/Kick it like Eddie/Didn't know if he meant Van Halen or Vedder/But whatever/While we're together/We'd better turn it up loud/And kick it on out").
This album is titled Legs & Luggage because the songs are largely about transitioning from one thing to another, about taking chances, about moving on from here to there—about transporting emotion packed neatly, or otherwise, in virtual compartments. Legs & Luggage functions as a bridge to the next chapter in Vegas With Randolph's life; how that reality will manifest itself is unknown at present. But manifest itself it will.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order, with Bandcamp/CD Baby/website links):
Lisa Mychols | Sugar (2018)
Ken Sharp | Beauty in the Backseat (2018)
Dropkick | Longwave (2018)
Anton Barbeau | Natural Causes (2018)
Zuider Zee | Zeenith (2018)
Rob Bonfiglio | Trouble Again (2018)
Nick Piunti | Temporary High (Jem, 2018)
The Supahip | The Two Sided Face (Big Radio, 2018)
The Foreign Films | The Record Collector (2018)
Various Artists | White Lace and Promises: The Songs of Paul Williams (Curry Cuts, 2018)
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100+ Songs Added to the Pure Pop Radio Playlist, Including the New Single from Paul McCartney. Now's the Time to Tune In!
More than 100 new and new-to-you songs, including the latest releases from your favorite melodic pop music artists, have been added to the Pure Pop Radio playlist.
At th e top of the list are two new songs, released as a single, from Paul McCartney's forthcoming album, Egypt Station–the stomping rocker "Come On to Me" and the tender ballad, "I Don't Know." But that's not all!
Caper Clowns
Also spinning now in rotation are the latest from the Doughboys, a frantic, pumping take on the Rolling Stones' "Play With Fire," and both sides of Caper Clowns fantastic new single–"Sacre Bleu" and "Something of Value." You will also hear, throughout our broadcast day, the new single from the Outryders, featuring Joe Algeri; Terry Draper's catchy earworm "Latitude Adjustment," featuring background vocals from Pure Pop Radio favorite Ray Paul; and Kai Danzberg's "My Beautiful Day," written with Dana Countryman.
You want more? You've got it: Nick Lowe's new four-sided single, featuring the twangy, upbeat "Tokyo Bay"; Trip Wire's "Act Fast"; the b-side of Bill Lloyd's new single, "The Bridesmaid's Song," with special guest Raelyn Nelson; tracks from the sprawling new compilation, The Co-Op Communique Vol. 4, including John T. McMullan's "The Thought of Your Name"; Dana Countryman's new summer single, the lovely "Summer Sand"; and tracks from the Davenports' most-welcome new album, Don't Be Mad at Me.
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(Originally posted 01.03.17)
2016 was a terrific year for melodic pop music from both new and heritage artists, perhaps the best in recent memory. My list of 28 Favorite Records of the Year from 27 artists–The Stars of 2016–is presented below in random order.
It has long been my view that ranking entries on best-of-the-year lists is an impossible task, at least for me. If I made such a list on Monday, would the number nine entry still be in that slot on Tuesday? Perhaps not. Sometimes, I fear, agonizing over a particular placement would be akin to splitting hairs and not particularly a worthwhile enterprise. So, I'll go with I like these a lot instead.
Here are my Favorite Records of the Year–The Stars of 2016–in no specific order. All are more than worthy of your time, and all should be added to your core collection of the greatest melodic pop music in the universe.
And now, on with the show…
The Stars of 2016
Bob Lind | Magellan Was Wrong Pop bard Bob Lind's latest is a typically heartfelt collection of songs that deliver his always magical one-two punch: emotional lyrics and beautiful melodies, brought to life with stellar arrangements and production, much of it supplied in grand fashion on this album by the Spongetones' Jamie Hoover. Gorgeous soundscapes abound, such as the romantic, catchy "From the Road," awash with poppy background harmonies from Hoover and perceptive, picturesque lyrics from Lind ("In moments others call mundane/My soul is warming by your flame/Turning just like a sailor to the harbor/And I will carry back my songs and tales/Of calms and gales/And sing and tell them all/To you"), and Lind's emotional cover of Tom Paxton's "Bottle of Wine."
Where to Get It: Amazon
The Legal Matters | Conrad With this album, the Legal Matters have set a new standard for vocal harmonies in melodic pop music. Andy Reed, Chris Richards, and Keith Klingensmith are the players, and their human voices are their instruments. The songs are sweetly realized, from the opener "Anything," not the first track on this album tipping its hat to the much-loved Beach Boys vocal vibe, to the upbeat, single-worthy "Short Term Memory," which tips its drumsticks to Ringo Starr in a delightful fill and puts forth some top-notch electric guitar playing. To listen to this album is a thrilling experience.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, iTunes, CD Universe
The Weeklings | Studio 2 The beat-betrothed, Beatlesque foursome from New Jersey, steeped in the Fab tradition and nom de plumed in the spirit of all that started off holy in Liverpool's Cavern Club a fair number of years ago, follows up their self-titled long player, affectionately known as Monophonic, with a sterling 12-song set composed of eight superlative originals and four rare John Lennon and Paul McCartney songs not given away to other artists. Recording in Abbey Road's hallowed Studio 2, where the Beatles made their astounding magic, Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger, John Merjave and Joe Bellia, aka Lefty, Zeek, Rocky and Smokestack, respectively, make considerable Merseyside hay with delightfully brisk and catchy songs steeped in the effervescent spirit of the Fab Four. A splendid time, to be sure.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon
Caper Clowns | The Buca Bus Delicious pure pop from Odense, Denmark delights with a dozen beautifully written and performed pearls. Lovely melodies and vocal harmonies are always present, particularly on instant classics such as the should-be-hit-bound earworm "A Tale of Romance and Magnetic Trains" and the gorgeous ballad "Lizard Heart." Debut of the year? Most certainly.
Where to Get It: iTunes, imusic, Amazon UK (mp3 download)
Kenny Herbert | Forever and Beyond A gorgeous, romantic song cycle inspired by Caroline, the love of his life, Forever and Beyond is Herbert's melodically-charged survey of the power of true love. The 14 songs on offer, encompassing 1930s, 1950s and modern melodic pop vibes, are tremendously affecting, beautifully drawn snapshots of a happy existence. The pretty "Queensferry Girl" and the catchy, McCartney-esque pop song "It's All Good" shine among a rich collection of gems.
Where to Get It: Kenny's website, iTunes
Nick Piunti | Trust Your Instincts Guitars, bass, drums, powerful vocals, and a whole lot of moxie power the pop on Nick's latest, high-energy collection. These songs make heads turn and hearts embrace its many charms. "One Hit Wonder" is the big, splashy, pure pop hit here, a clear winner on an album full of winners.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, iTunes and Bandcamp
Gleeson | Curse My Lucky Stars Austin, Texas band Gleeson have made their White Album, a sparkling collection of songs varied in approach and tone that makes a case for melodic pop being the genre of the moment. Encompassing beautiful balladry, art-pop, rock and retro charm, Curse My Lucky Stars is a marvel.
Teddy Thompson and Kelly Jones | Little Windows A true, modern classic bathed in retro charm, Little Windows' rewards are many. There is a decidedly romantic notion at play here, one that slips in and out of hand holding echoes of the Everly Brothers at Cadence, Roy Orbison, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, Buck Owens and a thousand other country-pop artists and their golden recordings. These lovely, heartfelt songs, brought to life by two of pop music's finest vocalists, make up an album that is like a bright lighthouse shining across the sea, drawing you in.
Where to Get It: Teddy Thompson store, Amazon, and iTunes
Ray Paul | Whimsicality Thirty-six years after the release of Ray Paul and RPM's album Go Time, the artist is once again regaling listeners with enticing tales set to everyone's favorite power pop beat. A delicious mix of originals and well-chosen covers, such as the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes" and Paul McCartney's "Oh Woman, Oh Why," meets wonderfully-realized originals like the dynamic "A Fool Without Your Love" and McCartney-esque "Jeannie." With Ray's gorgeous melodies and strong vocals out front, this is a treat from first note to last.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, and iTunes
Myrtle Park's Fishing Club | Benches A monumentally towering testament to melodic and harmonic excellence, Benches is a delight from start to finish. There is nothing quite like Kate Stephenson's take on melodic pop music, just as there is nothing like her soaring imagination, and her ability to express all manner of emotion and make the listener feel. Working in concert with musical partner John Steel, Kate delivers wondrous songs (and three-dimensional vocal harmony stacks) like "Somebody Called Me an Onion," a smile-inducing, upbeat, energetic pop number with faux-reggae shadings about peeling back the layers to reveal the full, human package of emotion; and the a cappella wonder "Silent Letter," a tune about inner beauty and the sanctity of thought that doesn't always have to be laid bare. For those of you keeping score, this is the second Myrtle Park's Fishing Club album to wear our Favorite Records of the Year mantle. As it should be.
Where to Get It: Myrtle Park's Fishing Club's website, Amazon, and iTunes
The Nines | Alejandro's Visions Rolling and then filtering the influence of the music of writers such as George Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart into a mix peppered with the harmony styles of the Beach Boys, the Four Freshmen and even doo-wop, and then topping the resulting flow with his love of artists such as the Electric Light Orchestra and XTC, Steve Eggers has delivered a harmony- and melody-drenched soundtrack to an imaginary film, somewhat of a sequel to the last Nines album, Night Surfer and the Cassette Kids. Standout tracks include the beautiful, bittersweet, old-fashioned "When Our Love Was in Bloom," stacked deep with gorgeous harmonies and an irresistible melody; and the early rock and roll/pop hybrid "Operator (Coming Home to You)," which sports a meaty, catchy, percussive piano riff, opens with an aural allusion to the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," and lays out a delectable Jeff Lynne-ish bridge that will make you smile. Alejandro's Visions is Eggers' best and most assured work yet, an immensely satisfying collection that belongs in every melodic pop music fan's collection.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, CD Baby, and Amazon (mp3)
Seth Swirsky | Circles and Squares Proving that a creative, heartfelt approach to making music will yield magic almost every time, Seth Swirsky has crafted a collection of songs that draws on all of his strengths, and perhaps incorporates a couple of new ones. Moreover, these songs reveal the truth about all of our lives, right from the first track, "Shine," his statement of purpose, the one that sets the stage for what comes next. And what comes next is winner after winner, such as the lovely confessional and autobiographical "I Don't Have Anything (If I Don't Have You)," in which the narrator allows that life means nothing at all without the proverbial "one": "I've got some baseballs/That are pretty rare/Got a swimming pool/And a fast car/But I don't care/'Cause I don't have anything if I don't have you…I've got gold records/Hanging on my wall/But without your love/Baby you can have 'em all…" This 16 song collection is the latest expression of craft from one of pop music's most important artists.
Where to Get It: seth.com, Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, and iTunes
Lucy Wainwright Roche and Suzzy Roche | Mud and Apples A sparkling duo release from Suzzy Roche and her daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche. Warm harmonies, clever songwriting and the inclusion of beautifully-sung covers such as Paul Simon's "Bleecker Street" and the Cascades' "Rhythm of the Rain" push this 11 track masterpiece into hall-of-fame territory. Roches fans will be charmed, and so will everyone else. Surely one of this year's top expressions of musical joy.
The Monkees | Good Times! Good Times! is a classic-sounding Monkees album that happens to have been released 50 years after Monkeemania began. A mix of recordings based on sessions produced during the group's heyday and new songs written by top-flight, current songwriters of note, this is a fun listen from start to finish. A shining example of how good this album is: The perky, catchy "You Bring the Summer," written by XTC's Andy Partridge, fulfilling a childhood dream. A great album.
Where to Get It: Amazon and iTunes
Mimi Betinis | Music Sounds and Basement Tapes Vol. 1 Pezband's Betinis scores with two sterling releases in 2016 that are really two sides of a rather entertaining coin, so they both rate a spot in this Stars of 2016 feature. Music Sounds is a vivid, quite alive offering of melodic treasures. Its songs are wonderfully realized pop confections that hit the hooky bullseye, like "She Wants You," which surreptitiously recalls the famed intro to the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" in the intro, and "Summer Love," a warm love letter and look back to a seasonal romance (that, perhaps unknowingly, taps the sound of 10cc member Eric Stewart's guitar playing in the solo).
Basement Tapes Vol. 1 collects tracks that Mimi has been working on over the years, like "Ray of Light," a melodic sweetness that sounds like an Andy Partridge outtake off of XTC's Nonsuch album, and simply lovely covers (Paul McCartney's song for Mary Hopkin, "Goodbye," and the Hudson Brothers' "So You Are a Star" are glorious). Saying that some heritage artists are only getting better as time passes by can sound like rather an empty assertion, but my, how that phrase does indeed fit snug as a bug, listening to Music Sounds and Basement Tapes Vol. 1.
Where to Get Them: Pop Music Sounds and CD Baby
Winterpills | Love Songs The numbers on Winterpills' seventh album get under your skin; they become you in some celestial kind of way. The vocals of songwriter Philip Price and his wife, guitarist and keyboard player Flora Reed, are the collective glue that holds these proceedings together–the glue that gives them life. Consider "Wanderer White," a rolling, rhythmic song about a fall from grace, in which Philip takes the lower notes and Flora the higher ones, and "Freeze Your Light," which starts off as if in a church with a slight, ghostly choral singsong and becomes a folk-into-pop number with a delectable chorus buoyed by the same low-and-high vocals. The poppy bopper and should-be-hit-bound "Celia Johnson" turns the tables with Philip initially taking the high vocal part and Flora following closely. A trumpet and coronet serenade add to the song's beauty; a lovely, echoed piano part comes in for a beautiful coda. A real treat.
Where to Get It: Winterpills' web store and iTunes
Butch Young | Mercury Man Butch Young's miraculous, hall-of-fame-worthy album is a modern classic by way of its dazzling array of 1970s-styled instant classic songs, peppered with a mix of Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson-esque magic. Every one of these Los Angeles-based artist's songs is a clear winner, like the title track, "Persephone," "One Foot In," and "The Fools of May." Awesome.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, CD Baby, and iTunes
The Dowling Poole | One Hyde Park One Hyde Park, the sterling follow-up to the Dowling Poole's Bleak Strategies, is a virtual tour de force and, if that weren't enough, it's an album influenced by sounds from across the pop landscape that doesn't actually sound like its influences. Witness "Vox Pops," which incorporates a very Partridge Family-sounding keyboard line and a very Brian May-sounding guitar solo; "Hope and Glory," an upbeat pop song; and "Bring Back the Glow," a smooth, rolling '70s number. Joy from across the pond.
Where to Get It: Bandcamp, Amazon, and iTunes
Chris Murphy with Michael Carpenter | "Real Love" This absolutely gorgeous ballad recasting of John Lennon's song is one of this year's major triumphs in melodic pop music. For this rendition, the tempo has been slowed, allowing Murphy to lovingly communicate the depth of the emotional lyric. Murphy's vocal may well be the best vocal performance of the year. His ability to hold a melody line's final note in such an artful way, to sustain its resonance and maximize its impact on the listener, is something to behold. Recorded with precision and heart by Carpenter on the occasion of singer Kylie Whitney's wedding (Whitney also sang background vocals), this new version of this wonderful song is proof positive that covers can reveal new layers of emotion not previously brought to the surface.
Where to Get It: iTunes and CD Baby
Emitt Rhodes | Rainbow Ends Forty-three years after his third album, Farewell to Paradise, was released, this new collection surfaces to critical and listener acclaim, and rightly so. Here are songs that feature all of the Rhodes hallmarks: beautiful, catchy melodies; inventive chord changes; and those velvety, smooth, sturdy and emotive vocals. Perhaps this is no more evident than on the emotional ballad "I Can't Tell My Heart." Somewhat reminiscent of Mirror's "Love Will Stone You," this is a showcase for Emitt's committed, vocal delivery; the gorgeous melody and emotional lyrics combine to sketch the breakup of a relationship and a considered plea for the other party to embrace the option to heal. A wonderful surprise and an instant classic. Welcome back to a truly special artist.
Daisy House | Western Man Doug Hammond and his daughter Tatiana's album for the ages features golden harmonies and great songs that will melt your heart all the way through. The heavenly duo channels the Byrds in the uptempo "She Comes Runnin' Back" and "Twenty-One," offers up a catchy, playful vibe with the singalong number "Willow," and delivers a strong, emotive ballad with the orchestrated tune, "Western Man." Best news of all: a new album is soon to be released. Happy new year, indeed.
Brain Circus | Brain Circus This smashing collection of impossible-to-resist songs performed in grand style by ace songwriter and keyboard wizard Brian Curtis, late of the much-loved band the Oohs, serves up 13 numbers in all, performed entirely by this transplanted Virginian. The majestic, heartfelt love song "Finally Found the One," a musical sculpture formed with smiles and tears and a whole lot of heart, is but one highlight. You'll detect essence of the Beach Boys, Jellyfish and Queen, among other classic touchstones, but this is all Curtis and don't you forget it.
The Flat Five | It's a World of Love and Hope This Chicago-based band of harmony-hounds deserves supergroup status, thanks to the members' affiliation with artists such as Neko Case, NRBQ and the New Pornographers. Welcome a deliciously wondrous assortment of luscious pop dressed in a variety of comfortable musical clothing that runs the gamut from the Manhattan Transfer-meets-hep cat vibe of the delightful "Buglight" to the Paul McCartney retro-sway of "I Could Fall in Love with You" and the pretty back porch balladry of the Roches-like "Bottom Buck." Pretty special all the way through.
Where to Get It: Amazon, iTunes, and Bandcamp
Bent Van Looy | Pyjama Days Based in Paris, France and a member of the band Das Pop, Bent Van Looy's 2016 release is a lovely, pure poppy collection of sweet-sounding catchy melodies sung with assured style, like the upbeat pop number "My Escape," beautifully arranged with little Beach Boys vocal flourishes weaved in; "Mr. Fletcher's Song," a melodic mid-tempo ballad that wouldn't sound out of place on a Randy Newman album, and the sumptuous title track, a three-minute genius construct, nicely orchestrated and adorned with a smile-inducing whistle. Pop on.
The Junipers | Red Bouquet Fair This charming collection from the Leicester, United Kingdom band recalls the sweet sunshine pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s in such lovely songs as "Summer Queen" and "Like a Merry-Go-Round." Red Bouquet Fair is no less than the audio equivalent of smiling at your good fortune on a warm day in the park while sipping cool lemonade (the effect is equally transcendent wherever else you may be). The vocals are enchanting and the instrumentation is perfectly played. Lovely.
Tommy and the Rockets | Beer and Fun and Rock 'n' Roll This ace project, featuring 10 pop-rockers, co-written, except for one, by super criminal defense attorney Michael Chaney and Thomas "Tommy" Stubgaard, who plays all of the guitars, bass, and provides handclaps, shake the house, as it were. Check out the catchy, Beach Boys-influenced sunshine anthem "Here Comes Summer," and a couple of energetic Ramones nods, "Silly Teenage Love" and "You Want Me (But I Don't Want You)"). Cheery, toe-tapping fun.
Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, and CD Baby
The Explorers Club | Together This collection of songs imbued with the spirit of the best of the Beach Boys, the Four Freshman, the Association and other time-honored practitioners of the art is one of the sweetest offerings of the year. Here are songs that are beautiful and beautifully sung, lovely and lovelier still, from Jason Brewer, Wyatt Funderburk, Paul Runyon, Kyle Polk and Mike Williamson. From the southern California harmony- and sun-soaked sound of "California's Callin' Ya" to the Four Freshmen-meets-"Graduation Day"-by-way-of-Les Paul ballad "Perfect Day," Together invites listeners to bathe in the beauty of harmony-filled dreams.
Harmony-filled dreams… Ah, as ever, they feel so right. With 2016 now in our collective rearview mirror, it is time to look ahead into what is just around the corner. Your favorite artists, and those new to the melodic pop scene, are itching to get going…to release their latest creations, crafted with a mix of melody, harmony, and keen performance.
Already, I have heard a few upcoming albums that I predict will knock your socks off. Nick Bertling, who records under the name Bertling Noise Laboratories, has been making a name for himself with a few rather extraordinary platters; the Lab's latest, releasing later this month, is a covers collection called, in a nod to the great Harry Nilsson, A Little Touch of Bertling in the Night. This is a sweet mélange of favorite songs from yesterday, filtered through today's singular sensibilities. It is uniquely Bertling, and you're going to love it.
Dana Countryman, of whom much has been said throughout these pages, all of it sweeping-me-off-my-feet good, is about to release in 10 days, through Australia's Teensville Records, his passion project, a tribute to the 1960s girl group and Brill Building sounds that continue to bring joy to ears around the world. Dana Countryman's Girlville!: New Songs in the Style of Yesterday's Hits will transport you back to a much simpler time, perhaps, when melody and joy were king. Lisa Mychols, Swan Dive's Molly Felder, and Lisa Jenio are just three of the vocalists that help to bring Dana's vision to life on an album that you will hug tightly. Look for Dana to appear on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation soon to talk about this landmark release.
Bill DeMain, whose solo music and treasured albums with Molly Felder as Swan Dive will always have a place here on Pure Pop Radio, has a new record that will soon be released. After hearing and playing on the air a bonus track from Beans, a lovely arrangement of the Beach Boys' "Wendy," we hope the release date comes very soon.
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"Spread the word," the Beatles sang back in 1965. They were talking about love, not melodic pop music written and recorded in the 2010s, but they might as well have been looking forward, as should we all.
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New on Pure Pop Radio: Caper Clowns, McPherson Grant, Kurt Baker Combo, Pacific Soul Ltd., and More
Spins and Reviews | 11.16.16 | by Alan Haber
Ca per Clowns | The Buca Bus Odense is the third-largest city in Denmark, which is important should you or I be traveling to that country with the desire to visit its largest cities. Another reason to visit Odense would be to soak up the atmosphere that undoubtedly inspired this talented quartet to craft this wonderful melodic pop collection. The highlights are too numerous to mention in toto, but here are a few favorites: "A Tale of Romance and Magnetic Trains," a pure pop delight of the toe-tapping variety; "Mirror Me," an uptempo driver which wouldn't be out of place on a Deacon Blue album; "Sleeping on the Edge of the Rainbow," a beautiful burst of charming balladry, and "The Significance of Teacups," wholly McCartney-esque (and ELO-esque with a Brian May-type guitar solo)–an earworm that simply won't let go. Lovely melodies and harmonies and, well, everything, await your ears. Take a well-deserved bow, Rick Kingo, Peter Højgaard, Christian Højgaard and Skipper Storm; you've made one of this year's most assured collections of musical treasures.
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio: Nearly the entire album: "Pockets," "A Tale of Romance and Magnetic Trains," "All We Ever Do is Run," "The Significance of Teacups," "Sleeping on the Edge of the Rainbow," "A Forest of Letters," "Mirror Me," "Dressed in Flaws," "When I'm Alive," and "Lizard Heart"
When and Where to Get It: iTunes, imusic Amazon UK (mp3 download). Listen on Spotify
McPherson Grant | "Big Picture People" Hot off the presses and just emerged from the so-top-secret-you-need-two-passwords-to-get-in laboratory where magic, naturally, sprouts eternal, comes "Big Picture People," maybe the catchiest earworm yet from the dynamic duo of Scott McPherson and Jamie Grant. With a determined piano opening topped with percussion effects that manages to sweetly recall two Paul McCartney tunes–"Tomorrow" and "Silly Love Songs"–this is the catchy thing of the moment. The lyrics incorporate allusions to McPherson Grant's song titles and, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, point to the not-actually-nailed-down release date for their forthcoming album ("The melodies slay/Release date delayed/It's such a bummer").
Surprising, lively, catchy, and clever (check out the slightly psychedelic/vaudevillian bridge), you won't be able to get this song out of your head.
As a special treat, click on the audio transport thingy that follows to hear me discuss this song with Scott, and hear "Big Picture People" in its entirety. Meanwhile, look forward to the forthcoming McPherson Grant album, coming real soon. I know I will.
https://alanhaberspurepopradio.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/scott-mcpherson-mcpherson-grants-big-picture-people-website-interview-11-15-16.mp3
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio
When and Where to Get It: Look for "Big Picture People" to appear on the forthcoming McPherson Grant album
Kurt Baker Combo | In Orbit His combo at his side, bashing out a wicked run of hard-charging riffs and tunes, Kurt Baker is back with his rocking rhythm guitar and committed Elvis Costello-vibing vocals. The results are, as you would expect and, furthermore, require, breathless and immediate, from the seventies Bad Company-by-way-of-Raspberries "Baby's Gone Bad" to the very Katrina and the Waves bopper, "Rusty Nail." Co-produced in Spain by Kurt and Jorge Colldan, and released on Little Steven Van Zandt's Wicked Cool Records, In Orbit is a pop and roll dream come true.
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio: "Baby's Gone Bad," "Modern Day Rock 'n' Roll," and "Rusty Nail"
When and Where to Get It: Kool Kat Musik, Amazon, iTunes
Pacific Soul Ltd. | The Dance Divine Kind of a melting pot of sounds, incorporating pop, soul, and everything seventies, this trio, bringing together the talents of Cockeyed Ghoster Adam Marsland, Teresa Cowles, who, by the way, played legendary bassist Carol Kaye in the Brian Wilson biopic Love and Mercy, and recording artist Norman Kelsey. The "Sugar, Sugar" vibe of the Cowles-sung "We Go High" sits alongside the dance romp "Sunset Golden Love" and the Box Tops-y rocker "Pacific Soul Time"on an album that not only makes you feel the groove, it practically turns it on its catchy head.
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio: "Pacific Soul Time," "Road Trip," "Sunset Golden Love," "Tomorrow Brings Tonight," and "We Go High"
When and Where to Get It: Karma Frog Records
Rob Martinez | New Love Environment Pure, catchy pop crafted in Reseda, California at Adam Marsland's Karma Frog Studios. Albuquerque, New Mexico popster Martinez works through tasty nuggets that promote replayability and will undoubtedly put smiles on the faces of listeners. There are many highlights, but pushing for the top spot is "Love Life," a musical love letter to the Partridge Family. Sweet.
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio: "Hangin' On the Line," Hard to Take," "Love Life," "and "When She Comes to Town," another Partridge in the pop tree
TUNS | TUNS What happens when Sloan's Chris Murphy, Super Friendz and Flashing Light's Matt Murphy, and the Inbreds' Mike O'Neill trio it up and let loose their pop smarts? Pop and roll ensues on a driving collection of snappy, upbeat songs that burrow into your subconscious. Top-flight collection bodes well for future releases.
Now playing in rotation on Pure Pop Radio: "Back Among Friends," "Lonely Life," "Mind Your Manners," and "I Can't Wait Forever"
When and Where to Get It: Amazon, Kool Kat Musik, iTunes
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Mangrove is very important to coastal ecosystem. It is used to trap different kinds of chemical elements, organic materials and nutrients. The marine organism can get food from mangrove area.
Mangrove is various. The experts estimate that there are over 50 species of mangrove. Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), and White mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) are native to Florida.
Mangrove gives many benefits to the life of organisms in the world. It provides nursery ground and habitat for many kinds of marine organisms. The birds can also have nesting area here. Read bird facts here.
Mangrove is called as the storm buffers. It can decrease the effect of wave and windy action on the shoreline.
The water quality can be increased because of mangrove. It is due to the fact that the water will be filtered by eliminating the sediment, dust and debris.
Mangrove is not only important for the marine organism, but it also gives many benefits for the life of human being. You can avoid the risk of having tsunami or storm if the mangrove is very strong. Mangrove is also a good source of wood, fiber, medicine, fruit and seafood for human being.
The air quality is also increase by having mangrove on the shoreline. The amount of greenhouse gasses in the world can be decreased because the plants use the carbon dioxide for photosynthesis process. It can filter the polluted gas and changes it into oxygen.
White mangrove is called as the most widespread mangrove in the world. It has the scientific name of Avicennia marina. The mangrove is characterized with its unique small fragrant orange flower and smooth baked trees.
The barks of white mangrove trees come in grayish white color. They can grow until 5 meter with some flaking patches.
The only mangrove fruit which can be eaten is from the white mangrove. The aboriginal people eat the fruit. But first, the toxic should be removed from the fruit.
Another type of mangrove is red mangrove. You can find it in Hawaii and Queensland. Are you interested with facts about mangrove?


On March 13, 2019 the Civil Service Senate and the Student Senate each unanimously voted to approve the Faculty Senate resolution reorganizing the Auxiliary Services Committee(s) into a single Auxiliary Services Advisory Committee with significant faculty, student, and staff representation.
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is: What does the path of a random walk look like if rewards and penalties are spatially randomly distributed?
This model, which provides a simplified version of stretched elastic chains pinned by random impurities, has attracted much research activity, but it (and its relatives) still holds many secrets, especially in high dimensions. It has non-gaussian scaling limits and it belongs to the so-called KPZ universality class when the space is one-dimensional. Adopting a Gibbsian approach, using general and powerful tools from probability theory, the discrete model is studied in full generality.
Presenting the state-of-the art from different perspectives, and written in the form of a first course on the subject, this monograph is aimed at researchers in probability or statistical physics, but is also accessible to masters and Ph.D. students.


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Yuba City resident, Jean Tang Chan, passed away on January 16, 2021. Jean (Gram to her family and grandkids) was born May 9, 1936, in Phoenix, AZ. She has been a Yuba-Sutter resident for more than 50 years. She moved to Yuba City with husband, David, from San Francisco where her parents owned a family grocery store. Jean had a number of jobs, including working for the state of California and as a bank teller, but caring for her family was her true joy. She was involved in a number of community activities and spent many years volunteering in the classroom when her children and grandchildren were growing up. She was involved with the Chinese community and was a member of the Friends of the Bok Kai Temple and Historic Chinatown, where she helped to raise funds for restorations of the Bok Kai Temple in Marysville. She also loved gardening and spending time in her yard tending to her flowers and fruit trees. She is survived by three daughters, Beverly Chan, Vicki Malone and Kristi Page; seven grandchildren, Marisa Coppersmith, Allison Klinger, James Malone, Danielle Cosgrove, Kelli Cosgrove, Sean Page and Tyler Page; two great-grandchildren, Josephine Coppersmith and Rosalind Coppersmith; two brothers, Tommy Tang and Johnny Tang; and two sisters, Pearl Lee and Carol Firestone-Tang. She is preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, David Chan; and one sister, Mabel Lee. Arrangements are under the direction of Ullrey Memorial Chapel. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Donations in her name may be sent to Friends of Marysville Bok Kai Temple and Historic Chinatown, P.O. Box 1844, Marysville, CA 95901.
Yuba City resident, Jean Tang Chan, passed away on January 16, 2021. Jean (Gram to her family and grandkids) was born May 9, 1936, in Phoenix, AZ. She has been a Yuba-Sutter resident for more than 50 years. She moved to Yuba City with husband,... View Obituary & Service Information
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Just the other day I was thinking that I might have run out of pre-1910 marks, but there are several here next to Fremont High School.
Right at the Berkeley line.
Each time I find an F. E. Nelson mark from 1909, it's better than the last.
The north end of West Street has a handful of century-old homes. The sidewalk here has no trace of a maker, just this date. Sidewalks of this vintage have curved lines that set off entryways; whenever I spot them I look sharp. The best match to these numerals is the set used by G. B. Burnham, so that's who I will attribute this mark to.
1909 – Frank Salamid & Co.
With this mark, I now have Frank Salamid marks with the dates beneath all three sides.
Even in 1909, Frank Salamid was making every one of his marks different. Compare this to the pair on 38th Street.


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Description:Choral Evensong is held in the Quire of Wells Cathedral and is sung by the Wells Cathedral Choir during term time. This is open to the public and all are welcome. Tonight's Evensong is sung by the Swan Singers, a Wells-based chamber choir formed in 2014. Singing music from the Renaissance to the 21st century they perform concerts in and around Wells and are delighted to be making their evensong debut here in their 'home' cathedral.


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MDR Grantees Investigate Vitamins and Diet for AMD Prevention
Martha Snyder Taggart, BrightFocus Editor, Science Communications
This research was supported by BrightFocus
Editor's note: Thanks to the generosity of MDR donors, 17 new grants totaling $2.6 million were recently awarded to vision scientists. We will be bringing you details of this research throughout the year. Below, a description of two new grant projects.
MDR grantees are looking at new ways to stop AMD. Two, in particular, are hoping that vitamins and diet will provide solutions.
With AMD on the rise, the world needs protection, and "I am dedicated to testing whether vitamin C can be such a prevention," says 2017 MDR grantee Gaofeng Wang, PhD, of the University of Miami.
As an antioxidant, vitamin C repairs damage to retinal cells. That explains its role in the AREDS supplements for mid-stage AMD.
Dr. Wang and colleagues discovered that, even better, vitamin C also regulates the genome, and might work at an earlier stage to "turn off" production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which triggers fragile, leaky blood vessels in wet AMD.
Injections of anti-VEGF drugs counteract VEGF, but don't stop its production. If vitamin C can inhibit VEGF in an animal model, Dr. Wang's work could give rise to efforts to develop a new, inexpensive therapy to prevent wet AMD.
Another one-of-a-kind project led by 2017 MDR grantee Sheldon Rowan, PhD, of the Tufts University Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Boston, will document the microbiome's role in AMD prevention. Dr. Rowan is the 2017 recipient of the Elizabeth Anderson Award for Macular Degeneration Research.
Healthy bacteria and other microorganisms living in our bodies, also known as a microbiome, contribute to health and immune function; yet "only in the last year have the first connections been made between our gut bacteria and AMD," Dr. Rowan says.
Dr. Rowan is testing whether too much white sugar and starch (ie, high glycemic diets) alter the microbiome, whereas low-glycemic diets help maintain it and protect against AMD-associated inflammation.
If results from an animal model show that the microbiome is indeed protective, next steps might be to identify specific bacteria that are most helpful. Ultimately this could lead to new probiotic treatments and drugs for humans.
Dr. Rowan already follows a low-glycemic diet, something that happened after he enrolled in a clinical study, lost weight, and started eating more fiber, fruits, vegetables, and fish.
"My whole family now eats a healthy diet," Dr. Rowan said, "and we hope to have bright and clear vision for life."


People in Canada have long prided themselves on the country's healthcare system. It's a reflection of a belief in egalitarianism and compassion for one another. Yet, despite this pride, we know there are gaps in how healthcare is provided. Specifically, the system routinely fails the most vulnerable in society, as it does not currently contain a universal coverage of prescription drugs, commonly referred to as "pharmacare". The simple fact is that Canada needs a pharmacare plan. This would not only improve the health of those within the country and uphold their right to health, but it would also make more fiscal sense.
It is crucial to understand and look at health as a right, with healthcare as the means to exercise and fulfill this right. Such an idea isn't simply talk; Canada is a signatory to the Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, which under section 12 explicitly guarantees the right to "the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health." As a result, the Canadian government has acknowledged and is consequently obligated to uphold this right. For this reason, the Dignity for All campaign model national anti-poverty plan recommended in 2015 the development of a universal, publicly funded National Pharmacare Program to be included in a national strategy to end poverty.
Compared to the general population, those living in poverty in Canada, which is around 5.8 million people or 1 in every 6 people in Canada, have a lower life expectancy, higher cases of mental illness, higher rates of hospitalization for these illnesses, and a higher prevalence of chronic diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and obesity, according to a report by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The connection between poverty and poor health doesn't just end there. Individuals may experience poverty as a result of having illnesses which can prevent them from working. This then traps them in a downward spiral of poor health and poverty.
Many of the conditions that are caused and exacerbated by living in poverty require prescription medicine as treatment. Yet, while some coverage programs for these prescription medicines exist, such as OHIP+ in Ontario, eligibility varies from province to province and not everyone is included. This means that people are forced to pay out of pocket for them. While receiving coverage through employment is a possibility, currently one-third of those working in Canada don't receive employer-funded prescription drug coverage, many of whom are women and young workers in particular. Additionally, those stuck in precarious or part-time employment, or those who are unemployed, are often left in situations where private insurance and prescription medicine is unaffordable.
On the other hand, as a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives illustrates, private insurance companies currently receive government subsidies of 10 per cent on all of their expenditures relating to prescription medicines, which in 2008 alone accounted for $933 million dollars. Yet, despite receiving this much money in subsidies, the cost of drugs has continued to rise at a rate higher than 10 per cent a year since 1985 and remains further inflated by administrative costs, which add approximately 6 per cent to the sale cost. This can be attributed to the fact that administrative costs in the private industry have shown to be 10 times higher than that in the public sector. As well, although the price of drugs has continued to rise, in 2011, the gap between premiums collected by patients and benefits paid was $6.8 billion, meaning that, for every dollar that patients spend on insurance, they receive $0.74 in return.
The consequences of this system are that 24 per cent of Canadians have no drug coverage, while 8 per cent of Canadians admit to not filling their prescription in the last 12 months due to costs. Such inadequate coverage is especially impactful when it comes to illnesses such as diabetes, where prescription medicine can be the difference between life and death. Yet, 57 per cent of Canadians with diabetes say that they do not take their medication as needed because they cannot afford it. As well, under this system, Canadians are the third-highest spenders on drugs in the world, at an average of $1,100 yearly per person. Ironically, this ends up incurring greater costs on the healthcare system; when individuals are unable to take prescribed medicine, more frequent hospital visits are often the result.
A pharmacare program would resolve many of these issues. As taken from the World Health Organization, if a pharmacare program in Canada were to cover 117 essential medicines that would account for 44 per cent of prescriptions in Canada, and 30 per cent of total drug expenditures in 2015 alone. As well, such a program would reclaim the $560 million that Canadians are spending on administrative fees and save Canadians money by lowering the total expenditure on prescription drugs by 9 to 13 per cent nationwide; this would mean savings of $4.27 billion for patients, while only incurring a $1.23 billion cost for the government. Canada currently spends around $253.5 billion on healthcare, so this increase would only constitute around a 0.5 per cent increase in spending.
The facts are clear, Canada needs a pharmacare program. Not only would it help the most vulnerable in society, but it would end up saving people money.
Samuel Pevalin is a Human Rights students at Carleton University.


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Q: Can I reference the target variable within a With statement? When creating a With statement like
With A
   .Method1OfA
   .Method2OfA
   .Method3OfA
End With

is there a way to reference the currently "With"ed variable within the With statement block?
Since I don´t know of any, I find myself writing stuff like this:
With A
   .Method1OfA
   GlobalFunction (A)
   .Method2OfA
   GlobalFunction (A)
   .Method3OfA
End With

i.e. I am dereferencing A more often than I´d like. If I could write something like
With A
   .Method1
   GlobalFunction (currentlyWithed)
   .Method2
   GlobalFunction (currentlyWithed)
   .Method2
End With

with currentlyWithed "automatically" referring to A, I could avoid that dereference, which I want to, because if A is a complex term (which it probably is, being the reason for the With statement in the first place), I´d avoid multiple evaluations of that term.
The workaround solution a la
Dim B: Set B=A
With B
   .Method1
   GlobalFunction (B)
   .Method2
   GlobalFunction (B)
   .Method2
End With

is acceptable, but creates a temporary variable (B) which survives the scope of the With statement, and referencing it later by accident might create problems if A has changed meanwhile (i.e. if it has been modified meanwhile and references a different instance).
So I would expect there is something like currentlyWithed in VB.NET or VBScript, but i fail to find anything like that in the documentation.

A: Just do your workaround but in its own method. Although it creates a temporary object, it will go out of scope at the end of the method (meaning you don't have to worry about object not being cleaned up):
Public Sub DoSomething(a As Object)
    Dim B: Set B=a
    With B
       .Method1
       GlobalFunction (B)
       .Method2
       GlobalFunction (B)
       .Method2
    End With
End Sub

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This algorithm's compression ratio is best but has a large dictionary size which might cause issues in memory constrained systems. Decompression speed is between the other choices. Compression is slowest. The initramfs size is about 33% smaller with LZMA in comparison to gzip.
If you choose this, keep in mind that you may need to install the xz or lzma tools to be able to compress the initram.


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Il Lumbia Airfield , precedentemente noto come aeroporto di Lumbia e aeroporto di Cagayan de Oro, è una base aerea ed era il principale aeroporto che serviva le aree generali di Cagayan de Oro e di Mindanao settentrionale, nella provincia di Misamis Oriental nelle Filippine. Era il secondo aeroporto più trafficato di Mindanao, dopo l'aeroporto Internazionale Francisco Bangoy di Davao, prima dell'apertura dell'aeroporto Internazionale di Laguindingan.

È stato classificato come aeroporto principale di Classe 1 (domestico maggiore) dall'Autorità dell'aviazione civile delle Filippine, un ente del Dipartimento dei trasporti responsabile delle operazioni aeroportuali nelle Filippine (ad eccezione dei principali aeroporti internazionali).

Il Lumbia Airfield prende il nome dalla sua posizione nel Barangay Lumbia. È una base aerea minore dell'Aeronautica militare filippina, con attrezzature di servizio per gli aerei OV-10 Bronco e per gli elicotteri UH-1 Huey e MD-520MG Defender.

Il 15 giugno 2013, l'aeroporto Internazionale di Laguindingan, nel comune di Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, a circa 46 chilometri (29 miglia) a nord-ovest della città, ha sostituito l'aeroporto di Lumbia. Il nuovo aeroporto serve il nord di Mindanao e le sue principali città, Iligan e Cagayan de Oro.

Storia
L'aeroporto di Lumbia fu aperto negli anni trenta durante l'occupazione americana delle Filippine. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, i giapponesi presero possesso della pista d'atterraggio, che fu ampliata con l'uso di lavoro forzato.

Rimase l'unico aeroporto di Cagayan de Oro, mentre la città cresceva in dimensioni e popolazione. Tuttavia, l'aeroporto di Lumbia non riuscì più a tenere il passo con la rapida crescita della regione. Inoltre, la sua maggiore elevazione rispetto alla città faceva sì che molti voli dovessero essere deviati in caso di pioggia o nebbia fitta.

Alle 22:00 di venerdì 14 giugno 2013, l'ultimo volo passeggeri ha lasciato l'ex aeroporto Lumbia, segnando la fine di un capitolo della storia dell'aviazione filippina. Il codice IATA CGY è stato trasferito all'aeroporto di Laguindingan.

Da allora è sotto il controllo del 10° Gruppo Operativo Tattico dell'Aeronautica Militare delle Filippine. L'aeroporto è stato scelto dalle forze armate statunitensi per la costruzione delle loro strutture nell'ambito dell'Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.

Nel febbraio 2017, l'Aeronautica militare filippina ha iniziato a trasferirsi nell'aeroporto.

Incidenti
 2 febbraio 1998: il volo Cebu Pacific 387 proveniente dall'aeroporto Internazionale Ninoy Aquino di Manila e diretto a Cagayan de Oro, operato da un Douglas DC-9, si schiantò contro il monte Sumagaya a Claveria, Misamis Oriental, provocando la morte di tutti i 99 passeggeri e i 5 membri dell'equipaggio a bordo. La causa dell'incidente è stata attribuita a diversi fattori: errore del pilota, una rotta di volo insolita (dovuta a uno scalo non previsto a Tacloban per consegnare parti di aeromobili a un altro DC-9 della Cebu Pacific), maltempo e carte aeree errate.

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Altri progetti

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ISLAMABAD: Succumbing to the pressure of political parties, the government is considering for the fifth time an extension in the stay of Afghan refugees in two phases till 2018.
As the voluntary repatriations came to a halt on Friday for a routine winter break, the government is likely to formally announce another extension in plans for the return of refugees.
According to the population profile of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Safron), there are about 1.3 million refugees holding Proof of Registration (PoR) cards while about 0.6 million are unregistered. Similarly, only about 33% are residing in camps while 67% are off-camps.
Among them, 74% refugees were born in Pakistan and about 70% of them are below the age of 24.
The repatriation drive gained momentum when earlier this year the government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) urged the federal government to send back the refugees to Afghanistan.
The year 2016 saw 381,246 or the maximum number of refugees return to their country. The spike in returns coincides with the introduction of tighter border management controls at the Torkham border between Pakistan and Afghanistan on June 1.
The Safron ministry recently shared a document with the members of an all parties' conference (APC) at the ministry where the plan for repatriation was discussed and agreed upon.
The APC was held after the federal cabinet on November 9 proposed that the Safron ministry create consensus among political parties about the extension date. A broad consensus was reached for extension of the PoR cards till December 2017.
The document states that the announcement of second phase in December 2018 may be announced towards the end of 2017. The summary was forwarded to the cabinet on November 17 which is likely to approve the first phase of extension it in its next meeting.
Besides, it was suggested that till completion of documentation process by the National Database Regulatory Authority (NADRA), harassment of unregistered Afghans and deportation under section 14 of the Foreigners Act 1946 may be avoided. The ministry hopes that about 640,000 refugees will return in 2017 and the year will be declared as the year of solutions and repatriation.