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TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  HANGIN’ TOUGH, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FOURTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEEK BY AUTHOR REBECCA WALLWORK! In my book, one of the main factors I consider when exploring why Hangin’ Tough was so successful is the music videos. Blockheads are intimately familiar […]

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  HANGIN’ TOUGH, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEEK BY AUTHOR REBECCA WALLWORK! Something that surprised me in the research for my book on Hangin’ Tough was the notion that the album’s label, Columbia (part of what was then CBS

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  HANGIN’ TOUGH, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEEK BY AUTHOR REBECCA WALLWORK! “New Kids on the Block sucked a lot of dick / Boy-girl groups make me sick.” — Eminem, “Marshall Mathers” The year was 1989 and the U.S.

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  HANGIN’ TOUGH, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK WEEK BY AUTHOR REBECCA WALLWORK! Before New Kids, my friends and I had crushes on boys in higher grades, guys who never gave us the time of day. These five guys from

The 33 1/3 team is delighted to announce an upcoming Northside Festival showcase at Rough Trade NYC on June 11th. The Classic Albums Covers Show will feature the stellar talents of Frankie Cosmos, Ava Luna, and Deradoorian; each artist will be covering songs from albums represented in the 33 1/3 series. Here is the specific

TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  WORKINGMAN’S DEAD, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIFTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF GRATEFUL DEAD WEEK BY AUTHOR BUZZ POOLE! Unlike the bounty of high-quality audio recordings of the Grateful Dead from 1969 and 1970 – the Workingman’s Dead era – decent video footage from that time is

TO CELEBRATE TODAY’S RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  WORKINGMAN’S DEAD, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF GRATEFUL DEAD WEEK BY AUTHOR BUZZ POOLE! Okay, by now you get it – I love Workingman’s Dead and I love the Grateful Dead. My passion isn’t so blinding, however, that I can’t accept that this distinctive body

TO CELEBRATE TOMORROW’S RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  WORKINGMAN’S DEAD, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF GRATEFUL DEAD WEEK BY AUTHOR BUZZ POOLE! Covering the Grateful Dead has been its own cottage industry since before Jerry Garcia died in 1995. Back in 1991, Deadicated featured a cast of seemingly unusual suspects offering up their

TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE (APRIL 21st) OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  WORKINGMAN’S DEAD, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF GRATEFUL DEAD WEEK BY AUTHOR BUZZ POOLE! You’re a Deadhead or you aren’t. But unless you are part of the Grateful Dead’s inner circle, no matter how you feel about the band, you are not

TO CELEBRATE THIS WEEK’S RELEASE (APRIL 21st) OF OUR 33 1/3 ON  WORKINGMAN’S DEAD, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF GRATEFUL DEAD WEEK BY AUTHOR BUZZ POOLE! THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM  GRATEFUL DEAD’S WORKINGMAN’S DEAD. COPYRIGHT © 2016 BY BUZZ POOLE. In 1934, with the publication of American Ballads and Folk Songs, father and