The Current Music Blog: January 19, 2007 Archive

The Buffering Stream is just for you and your urban wanderlust, 1/19

Posted at 7:03 AM on January 19, 2007 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Modern Radio message board

Posted at 10:11 AM on January 19, 2007 by Christina Schmitt (3 Comments)

When I'm trolling club sites to see who is playing where on the weekend, I always make a pit stop at the Modern Radio message board. (Modern Radio is a local label that caters to the arty punks.)

Usually, the Modern Radio message board is a good place to read some chatter, gauge whether a show at the Turf Club or Big Vs will have a crowd, or find more under-the-radar kinds of shows.

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Denny Doherty

Posted at 6:25 PM on January 19, 2007 by Mac Wilson

Denny Doherty has died at the age of 66. Doherty gained fame as one of the titular Papas of the legendary 1960s group the Mamas and the Papas. He was preceded in death by "Mama" Cass Elliot in 1974 and John Phillips in 2001, leaving only Michelle Phillips alive from the original quartet. Doherty always seemed to me like "the other guy" in the group: he wasn't the chief songwriter, his children never collaborated with Brian Wilson's, and he never appeared in the Pufnstuf movie.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/19/obit.doherty.ap/index.html

My first introduction to the Mamas and the Papas came when I was about 5 years old and they showed these music videos on the Disney Channel -- pop oldies interspersed with scenes from Disney productions. I remember seeing the video for "I Saw Her Again Last Night" and singing along with it whenever it came on. They had videos for everything from the Beach Boys to Steve Winwood. Does anyone else from my age bracket remember those videos?