Pop Geek Heaven

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mid April Been a few weeks, sorry.  Backlogged with a lot of info to pass along so I’ll try and do another short post in a few days along with this one.  Let’s get to it! JELLYFISH NEWS: First off, the long-threatened official biography(written by Craig Dorfman) is starting to bubble and move in the [...]

FILLING IN THE BLANK SPACES:  A Tribute to Roger Ebert by Doug Young A blank page. That’s both a writer’s bread-and-butter and stumbling block. When faced with a blank page, some recoil at the prospect of having to create an award-winningly unique product. Others see an opportunity to express themselves, even if it may be [...]

BLOODY RED BARON reviews by Mike Baron (visit his blog – HERE) ULYSSES:  com Kill You Again             Whereas the first record had a sort of blues/boogie undertone, Kill You Again is more overtly power-pop as on the Hollies-like “April Showers.”  Elsewqhere the boys turn up the heat on their two-guitar attack, weaving complex helixes on the title track and “L.O.V.E. [...]

PODCAST COMPING THE COMPS your host, BRUCE BROWN There’s so much music out on the net to enjoy and digest and, of course, many different types of podcasts to go along with vast over supply of wondrous music.   However, there are few podcasts that take on a discovery path to present to you, the serious [...]

JANGLE ON! by Eric Sorenson The D.C. area managed to avoid every major snowstorm that visited the east coast this winter … and spring. With current temperatures ten degrees below normal, the cherry blossoms will peak in synch with this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival – something that seldom occurs. Our recent cool weather has given [...]

“THE BIKER“…is Here! (Pop Geek Heaven writer and world renowned and respected comics/graphics novel writer has just released his latest novel, his third in the last nine months) Airship 27 Productions is delighted to announce the release of a brand new crime thriller by one of the finest talents in genre fiction today; Mike Baron! [...]

  COMICS BEAT web site is one of *the* places on the net to keep up on all things…well, comics driven!  Their column THE BEAT just did a recent article on Pop Geek Heaven’s own, MIKE BARON.   THE BEAT is the Comics Beat’s site’s daily news blog of comics news, reviews, and information. Like a [...]

BLOODY RED BARON reviews by Mike Baron   SUN SAWED IN 1/2: Elephants Into Swans             Twenty-three years on, Sun Sawed’s Tim Rose continues to be one of the most vital and melodic innovators in power pop creating a body of work that rivals ELO and XTC.  Elephants may be Sun’s most accomplished statement to date.  Every song bursts [...]