Category Archives: Blogs

Today is TuNesDay, of course, and also World Piano Day! Guess what we talked about??? Of course, I don't even need to say it, or write it, I guess do I? Let's go to the video!

Do you remember the first time you heard "Rapture" by Blondie? In 1981 when this song came out of the speakers I was like "What?!" The song is a mix of a new wave, disco, hip hop, and even rap, long b...

A tip of the cap to Nina Blackwood for this Forgotten 45 since she'll play again tomorrow night at 9 on Absolutely 80's. It comes from .38 Special "Back to Paradise" was released as a new song on thei...

I absolutely wore out the album, then cassette, then CD, now digital (is that possible?) of Little River Band's Greatest Hits album. Today's Forgotten 45 is "Lady" a song that reached #10 on the chart...

This weekend Casey's Kasem takes us back to March 30th, 1985 on American Top 40 The 80's. You'll hear today's Forgotten 45 on that show, it's Foreigner and "That Was Yesterday". The song was the secon...

We can argue all day about the positives and negatives of technology . . . although we'll have to break at 4:00 P.M. so the technology-critics can eat supper. But one thing is clear: Technology has ch...

A dreary day like today needs a spark and I found one with today's Forgotten 45. On this date in 1979 Amii Stewart's "Knock on Wood" was certified gold. The song was a worldwide smash hitting #1 on th...

On what would've been his 73rd birthday, we remember Eddie Mahoney, better known as Eddie Money. Eddie was born in Brooklyn, a tried & true New Yorker who was born into a generational family of po...

It's the second day of Spring and what better day to make the Ultimate Spring Playlist? Let's go to the video!  

There's something about tv, movies, and music that imprints moments in your life permanently in your memories, takes you to a specific place & time, and freezes people in time. One of my all-time ...