Category | The Not Lame Experience

JANGLE ON – Summer 2018

Posted on 23 June 2018

JANGLE ON! Summer 2018 by Eric Sorensen As I mentioned in my May column, after two decades of long-distance correspondence, I finally got to meet Horst-Peter Schmidt (the Crown Prince of 12-String) in person in his home city of Cologne, Germany.  My wife and I enjoyed spending the afternoon with Horst-Peter and his wife Uta.  Horst-Peter […]

JANGLE ON – April

Posted on 14 April 2017

JANGLE ON! APRIL by Eric Sorensen A fellow jangly music enthusiast recently pointed out that I haven’t submitted a column to the Pop Geek Heaven website in several months.  2017 got off to a slow start when it comes to jangly music, but there has been a steady stream of new material in the past […]

LOST TREASURES – Philamore Lincoln

Posted on 09 November 2015

LOST TREASURES PHILAMORE LINCOLN “North Wind Blew South” By Peter Marston [linebreak style=”25.png”]   Throughout my record collecting career, I have been susceptible to falling under the spell of a captivating name. Many times I’d be a used record store with friends and as we were sharing the titles we purchased (often from the 50-cent […]

MAY DIGI-COMPILATION – FlashPops Vol. 2

Posted on 02 May 2014

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 […]

Not Lame Re-Posting Series – Bruce Brodeen Goes To Van Halen Reunion Concert

Posted on 05 November 2013

“The Not Lame Blog Re-Posting Series”   I just came across an old blog post from the long-gone Not Lame Blog from six years ago.  It has nothing to do with ‘power pop’ but it made me laugh out loud with my over-the-top writing style – very passionate, somewhat rant-ish(along the lines of Lester Bangs […]

THE POSIES – Surprise Box #116

Posted on 25 June 2013

THE SURPRISE BOX Back in 1999, my old label, Not Lame Recordings released one of the most important releases in short history of the label, at the point.  “At Least, At Last” was a 4 CD box set that compiled demos and live recordings from the Posies from 1987-1998. For fans, it was the ultimate […]

PGH PODCAST – “Lost Treasures – Show #1”

Posted on 26 April 2013

 PGH PODCAST “Lost Treasures – Show #1” your host, Bruce Brown [linebreak style=”24.png”] [contentbox width=”300″ borderwidth=”50″ borderstyle=”solid” bordercolor=”8DF02B” dropshadow=”5″ backgroundcolor=”F1F58E” radius=”5″]DOWNLOAD THE PODCAST – “Lost Treasures – #1” – HERE (right click and ‘save as’)[/contentbox] [linebreak style=”24.png”] LOST TREASURES – Show #1 (April 26, 2013) BRUCE BROWN:         Welcome back to another “Fix It In […]

FIX IN THE MIX – Power Pop Prime Podcast – Volume 1 – Episode #1

Posted on 09 February 2013

FIX IN THE MIX Power Pop Prime Podcast – Volume 1 – Episode #1 “An Introduction to the Music in ‘Power Pop Prime-Volume 1’ Book” hosted by Bruce Brown DOWNLOAD – Fix It In The Mix – Podcast #1 – HERE (right click and save) [linebreak style=”32.png”] To Order  “POWER POP PRIME – VOLUME 1” […]

PGH SPECIAL PODCAST – The Power Prime Podcast Series

Posted on 02 February 2013

PGH SPECIAL PODCAST The Power Prime Podcast Series compiled by Bruce Brown You know, I’ve been told by many of Pop Pioneers here at PGH that I keep way, way too low of a profile with letting you all know about the pretty darn amazing “POWER POP PRIME” series on this site. Honestly, that is […]

JANGLE ON! – Archive – April 2008

Posted on 24 November 2012

JANGLE ON!  (archive series – April, 2008) By Eric Sorensen‏ (THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE NOT LAME BLOG) Although there haven’t been many all-out jangly releases of late, a number of recently released discs have featured some excellent jangly, chiming tracks. Listed below are some of the standout albums and songs that have captured […]