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MOVIE REVIEW “Mud” by Doug Young HUCK IN THE MUCK Excerpt from “The Adventures of a Hucklecheery Filmgoer”:  You don’t know about me without you have seen a movie by the name of Mud; but that ain’t no matter. That movie was made by Mr. Jeff Nichols, and he told a good tale, mainly. There [...]

MOVIE REVIEW “Mission: Oblivion” by Doug Young   OBLIVIOUS CRITICAL DRONING DECLASSIFIED DRONE REPORT OF MISSION: OBLIVION Instructions: Launch a critical drone at target and report back findings and observa- tions regarding threats to American filmic interests. Target: The movie Oblivion, reportedly harboring actors Tom Cruise, Andrea Rise- borough, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo, and Morgan [...]

MAY COMPILATION(and Flashback!) – FlashPops Vol. 2 Not Lame Reocrdings originally released this promotional sampler back in 2004 and it was all gone within six months.   Not Lame released over 120 CDs on the label from 1995-2010 and a few dozen compilations.  This is one of my favorites that we did. You’ll discover someone new [...]

FIX IN THE MIX Power Pop Prime Podcast – Volume 1 – Episode #2 “An Introduction to the Music in ‘Power Pop Prime-Volume 1′ Book” hosted by Bruce Brown DOWNLOAD – Fix It In The Mix – Power Pop Prime “Volume 1″ book – Podcast #2 – HERE (right click and ‘save as’) To Order  [...]

“Waxworks” – Episode #3/4 a new series focused on vinyl exclusive releases Your Host: BRUCE BROWN Part of our information disseminating goal at PGH is keep you posted on the newest Power Pop music coming our way. If you’ve ever checked out my Fix It In The Mix blog, you know that I take a [...]

Interview with Pat “Pooch” DiPuccio Pat “Pooch” DiPuccio 1. PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your new project is – and tell us about how it come into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? The newest project is an [...]

THE SEASONGS 1. PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your new project is – and tell us about how it came into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? OSCAR: The Seasongs are a power-pop trio from Spain formed in [...]

LOST TREASURES The Keys – “The Keys Album” Sometime around 2005, my good friend Stefan Johannson sent me a copy of a power pop compilation called Shake Some Action, Vol. 1 UK, and while there was a lot of great music on the CD, one track stood out well above the others: “I Don’t Wanna [...]

SURF SCHOOL DROPOUTS The I.P.O Interview Series 1. PGH is all about helping artists highlight their most recent projects, so let us all know what your new project is – andtell us about how it come into the world. What has the initial feedback on it been like? We released our first album, Summer is [...]

JANGLE ON!  May Column by Eric Sorenson The past month has been very slow when it comes to new material that features jangly guitar riffs. As a result, I pulled some compilation discs out of my music archives to keep me entertained while indoors. New tunes and “old friends” that have been on this month’s [...]