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Little Trouble Girl, Sonic Youth, 1995 So, me and Sonic Youth aren't ride or die besties. Far from it ... we're friends but it's on a...

Part 24: Maybe I'm amazed ... Consider me amazed. The women of Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s absolutely raised the bar this year, dear...

Part 23: Make it count, son We were down to the final three songs of Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s night one when something happened that...

Hello, music-loving friends. One of my community's local/regional famous bands, The Fiddleworms, asked me to attend their annual fundraiser concerts Labor Day weekend and review their Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s performances. It's been a blast doing these. Here's a link to the night one, set one reviews in lookbook format -- just if you want to take a look. 😁❤️ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zj6vShq-nlgn6SOwDHdoZXyXCpwc86wr/view?usp=drivesdk

Part 22: Sweet lullaby Listen, for any of you who still don't understand Shoals magic, there’s this one simple truth you must accept: We...

Part 21: Too late to stop now As night one of Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s was winding down, something happened that left an indelible...

Part 20: Breaker Breaker 1-9 Mercy sakes alive … “Convoy!” No amount of exclamation points can adequately express how excited I was for...

She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles), Wednesday, 2022 When you're a music lover like I am, every Friday is a holiday. New music...

Part 19: Words to live by Hi, my name is Monica — I’m Gen X and I was raised on radio. I am so grateful to the Fiddleworms and friends...

Part 18: An offer you can’t refuse Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s was somewhat of an educational experience for me. Truth is, I dismissed a...

Bet My Brains, Starcrawler, 2019 It's so dark. Can you see me? Under the neighborhood, everybody's sleeping ... Thank you, Starcrawler,...

Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind Part 17: Tangled up in the Shoals If you’re following along, dear reader, right about now, I’m...

Part 16: Monkee's in the house Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s reminded me how music was all over the place in the "The Seventies." Radio...

Part 15: We’ll never break the chain Friends: How great was it that we were gifted with Angela Hacker and James LeBlanc performing...

Part 14: We’ve paid our dues Whew! Night one, set one of Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s was groovy, man … and the house said, “Roll Tide.”...

Part 13: Let's do it again Closing out night one, set one of Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s with the Peter Frampton classic, "Do You Feel...

Part 12: Fiddleworms-infused kozmic collab First things first: North Alabama's own, Carla Russell, is known for delivering heartfelt...

Zombie, Yungblud, 2025 Good morning. Waking up to "Zombie" ... by Yungblud? So very unexpected but interesting. Nice misdirect,...

Part 11: We're rollin' on the (Singing) River Tina who? Yeah, I said it. Welcome to my hot take on one of my favorite hot local artists....

Not My Idea, Garbage, 1995 Just a few days ago, I was standing (maybe?) three feet away from one of my living/breathing contemporary...