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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- TOOLS

Now THIS is a challenge!

And one I have been thinking about for years.

To try and take Music and use it to Build A House!

While I always knew how I would begin, and a few stops along the way, with this Series I…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 3, 2013 at 6:35pm — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.4

To open this 4th and concluding Chapter from 2007, I have a few words to say about my man Steve Allen that I didn't have time for before the break.

Then it's off to perhaps the most famous tongue-twisting bit ever on the Tonight Show.

Did you know that…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 29, 2013 at 2:51am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.3

Again I remind you that these shows were originally broadcast in 2007.

And again, add 6 years to whatever I say- for example if I say 20 years, it is now 26 years.

In these final two chapters, you will hear more Johnny Carson.

In 1972 the Tonight Show moved…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 27, 2013 at 6:51am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.2

Please remember that these shows were originally broadcast in 2007.

That was before Conan O'Brien's brief turn as Host of the Tonight Show

Also add 6 years to whatever I say- for example if I say 15 years, it is now 21…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 22, 2013 at 2:41am — 13 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.1

This is the first Chapter of two weeks of shows I did back in 2007- so to everything I say, please add 6 years, lol!

It is a significant short Series to ME, because Engineer Ken Stanley and I were increasingly moving away from those Featured Artists shows, where you just bring in a couple of Greatest Hits CD's or albums (anyone can do that!), and…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 20, 2013 at 12:55am — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: NATIONAL TRAIN DAY PT.2 END

I am going to start off the last half of this National Train Day show with a little something that, if you are of a certain age, will have your memory whirring.

And all in keeping technically within our Theme.

After that, as I so often do to get the blood flowing to my…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 15, 2013 at 3:31am — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: NATIONAL TRAIN DAY PT.1

It is understandable if you missed National Train Day this past Saturday, what with Mothers Day being Sunday and far more important.

Hell, I am even late by a few days with this show, lol!

Some background- National Train Day is a holiday…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 12, 2013 at 11:55pm — 16 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING IN THE GARDEN- FINALE

This is it, the Last Chapter of our big look at Spring and some of the things that come with it.

And of course, it would be incomplete without a nod to those Green Thumb Folks who anxiously wait for Spring to get out into their Garden.

After a brief trip back to my Folk Music…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 8, 2013 at 8:36am — 11 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HAS SPRING SPRUNG?

Has Spring Sprung?

That is a real question not only here in the still unseasonably cool East, but all across the country- some States are still getting Snow!

But I am not complaining, mind you, lol!

Spring will go on, but I have to stop this Series sometime, so this is the first of the last two Chapters.

We have firmly established a link between Spring and Love, and I will continue with some of that.

I'll have some…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 6, 2013 at 12:06am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE KENTUCKY DERBY PT.2 END

As we conclude our musical Kentucky Derby, I know a horse I would bet on but he is for a very good reason not on the field, not a contender.

Then I’ll play a couple of songs that are not only about Horses, but RACEhorses!

After that, just for kicks let’s become children again, and go to a place beyond the Derby, where nobody bets on the ponies- into a world of dreams and magic for a ride on and with the Pony Man.…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 1, 2013 at 9:18am — No Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE KENTUCKY DERBY PT.1

Well it only took many years, but I finally realized in time to do something about it!

A show that has been bouncing around in my head for all those years, dedicated to the Kentucky Derby.

Because the only 2 vices I have avoided in my life are gambling and drugs, I never bet the ponies or the Derby, so it always sort of sneaked up on me.

But this…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 28, 2013 at 11:54pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LET'S FALL IN SPRING LOVE

It's Spring, and to borrow from the poem "Locksley Hall" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, that's when a Young Man's and a Young Woman's Fancy Turns to Thoughts Of Love.

That's the Theme Within A Theme for this episode.

Of course, with Love and anything else,…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 24, 2013 at 9:59am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING FEVER

It's a hormonal thing- an increase in energy, vitality and sexual appetite.

And it's Spring Fever!

Come on, we've all felt it!

In recognition of gender equality, women get it too, and can be the aggressors.

But naturally I come at this from…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 21, 2013 at 11:52pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SPRING SOUNDS OF BIRDS

I guess I am Celebrating Spring...for those who like it!

One of the most noticeable things about Spring is the Sounds of Birds singing again.

As you well know, they migrate South for the Winter. …

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Added by Mike Pell on April 17, 2013 at 7:45am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING DAYDREAMING LAZINESS

Naturally when I recorded this last Friday morning it was 41 degrees and pouring rain.

So expect a beautiful week coming up, lol!

In keeping with the Springtime Daydreaming Laziness of this Chapter- and incidentally, that is the primary stop along the…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 15, 2013 at 1:15am — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING HAS SPRUNG PT.2

Well, I start a Series on Spring, and suddenly it starts to feel like it, lol!

I'll begin this episode with a couple of Harmony Songs, and who does that better than the Beach Boys?

Something from their latest album, which by the way is…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 10, 2013 at 12:37pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING HAS SPRUNG PT.1

It is the beginning of Spring, although it hasn't felt like it here in New York City.

And after almost 15 years of doing this, Spring is the only Season I have never taken a long Musical look at- I have done all the others.

I like Spring, but also have mixed…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 7, 2013 at 10:21pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE LAST ANGEL SHOW PT.2 END

Well, I must say it is with some sadness that I bring us to the Grand Finale of this look at Angels.

As always, I hope you have enjoyed this topic and journey, using music as our guide.

I asked some Questions With Musical Answers in this Series, and I've got one…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 3, 2013 at 12:38am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE LAST ANGEL SHOW PT.1

I had no time to do a show last week, so we heard that New Orleans rerun from last year.

For those who waited for this Series to continue, maybe even looked forward to it- which always humbly blows my mind- I have a Song For You!

This will be the Last Show on…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 1, 2013 at 12:49am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS PT.2 END

I’ll open this last half of our Road Trip to New Orleans with a short musical History Lesson about events almost exactly two hundred years ago!

I’ll have a guy who was a child prodigy, writing his first song at age 8.

The funniest song here is by another guy who could sing like a girl…and a frog, lol!

Earning himself a nickname in the process.

I’ll finally get around to playing one by a female solo singer- I hadn’t…

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Added by Mike Pell on March 26, 2013 at 11:50pm — No Comments