Get it on, bang a gong, get it on

T. Rex on Top of the Pops from the cheesy year of 1971.

They call me Heat Miser...

...whatever I touch, starts to melt in my clutch. I'm too much!

Girl Groups - The Story of a Sound

Check out this 5-part documentary if you're so inclined.

get rid of words in your teeth...

Mexico A-Go-Go

Samoans, do the Humpty Hump!

I cannot stop singing this today for some reason. Help me!

Wednesday evening dose of 1966...

...with The Rattles performing in Germany. Come on and sing!

1957 American Bandstand

An entertaining glimpse of early rock and roll and early television.
Meet Carole Scaldeferri, one of the regulars from the late 1950s.

Saturday afternoon dose of 1968

Status Quo performs Pictures of Matchstick Men on TOTP. People must've cut their own hair in 1968. Don't you think? I'm mesmerized.

Suzi Chunk

Thanks to Little Steven, I'm really diggin' the sounds of Suzi Chunk and Groovy Uncle! Check 'em out! Whoooooooaaaaaaaahhh!

Election day is approaching

Don't forget to vote baby, Yea! Whooooooooooooaaaaaaaahhhhh!

Happy Halloween!

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Boo!

If I Had a Hammer

Trini Lopez gets an audience swayin' and a shoutin' in France.

early-90s flashback...

with Dee Lite. Delovely, delicious and I couldn't ask for another!

Hot Rods to Hell

Speed demons are such a nuisance sometimes. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Saturday morning dose of Dusty Springfield

How can you not love Dusty?! Great singer and very fun to watch.

time for a haircut

Hmmmmmmm. What style should I get for my hot date tonight?

Monster Shindig, 1965

A goony recording by Danny Hutton from Hanna Barbera Records.

Friday night dose of 1965...

...The Knickerbockers from New Jersey on Hollywood A Go-Go.

It's Pony Time!

I cannot stop laughing at this. These poor kids. Waaaaaaaaaaah!

Jimi Hendrix in 1965...

...backing up Buddy and Stacy performing Shotgun on Night Train.

like, beatnik speak

Kookie twists at the Cloud Nine. Kookie has "smog in his noggin."

Give up the funk

Here's a great live version of Give Up the Funk by Parliament Funkadelic from 1976. Below is their 1967 hit (I Wanna) Testify from when they were The Parliaments. I may as well throw in Flash Light.


(I Wanna) Testify, The Parliaments, 1967

British pop music circa 1964...

...with Cilla Black and Dusty Springfield. Put on your shades and dance. Both of these performances are from Ready Steady Go!

The Rolling Stones from 1964

Tremendous and awkward footage of early Rolling Stones on The Mike Douglas Show from '64. They'd only been together for 18 months.

Have a Pink Martini

Check out this live performance of Sympathique if you're so inclined.

Friday afternoon dose of Neil Diamond...

...from a 1971 Paris television show gettin' all deep and spiritual.

Sunday morning dose of 1965...

...with The Bobby Fuller Four singing on Shivaree.

Monday night dose of 1966

Los Bravos get chased by chicks after singing Black Is Black.

Sunday morning dose of surf music...

...with The Ventures performing Apache live from the early 60s.

more Yardbirds...

to watch and listen to. Live! You're welcome rock lovers.

The Yardbirds circa 1966...

...singing Over, Under, Sideways, Down live. Whoooooooooaaahh!

American Graffiti

I haven't seen this great 1973 movie in eons. Drag racing. In the opening scene, the "nerd" Toad comes flying in on his scooter. Crashing his scooter was unintentional but was so in tune with his character, they had to leave it in. A happy accident at its finest. It takes place in 1962.

the singing sensation...

from across the nation. Here's Justine by The Righteous Brothers.

Monday morning pick-me-up...

with The Astronauts singing Little Speedy Gonzales. Here's more.

this summer's bounty has arrived

Pesto! Pesto! Pesto! Fried green tomatoes! Pesto! Pesto! Pesto!

1970s American Bandstand

Circa 1975. Get your groove on man! Ooooooooah ooooooooah!

you can't have the 70s...

...without superimposed heads. I'm mesmerized, and creeped out.

let yourself go...

and shake it with Wednesday and Lurch. Wooooohooooooo!

Alexander Calder

Went on a bike ride today to MIT to check out the humongous stabile The Big Sail by Alexander Calder from 1966. More info.

The Music Machine...

...performing Talk Talk on Where The Action Is from 1966.

Planet of the Vampires, 1965

Have a skim through this movie if only to check out the costumes.

Monday morning dose of country...

...with Patsy Cline singing I Fall To Pieces from 1963.

Friday night line dancing...

louder! whooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!

The Beverly Hillbillies throw a go-go party

Shake it Miss Jane! Whooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh!