Ace Frehley, Prunella Scales, Diane Ladd, and Gilson Lavis Dies

Some more music and film stars to report on here.

These artists were guitar players and a founding member of the band KISS; a movie and TV star an actress in the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers; was a movie star in such as Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and TV like Kingdom Hospital; and a drummer in bands like Squeeze and for Jools Holland.

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Musical Telephone (Part One)

Songs all involve a telephone.

“Telephone Line” is a classic ballad by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), written by the band’s frontman Jeff Lynne. Released in 1976 as the third single from their album A New World Record, the song combines a melancholic tone with lush orchestration and a distinctive use of the telephone ring sound.

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Cotton Mather: The First American Evangelical, Enemy of Spider-Man, or a Power Pop Band? (Part Three)

A four-piece rock group with a sound centered around guitars and vocal harmonies.

Cotton Mather is an American power pop band formed in Austin, Texas, in 1990 by singer-songwriter Robert Harrison. Known for their melodious and jangly sound, they have drawn comparisons to The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, and Guided by Voices. The group started out as an experimental duo featuring guitar and cello,

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Music in the Breaking Bad Franchise – Part One (Spoilers!)

Guess I got what I deserved – Baby Blue

The musical score of the Breaking Bad Franchise (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino) was composed by Dave Porter. He is an accomplished American composer best known for his exceptional work on the critically acclaimed television series “Breaking Bad.”

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Turtle’s Records & Tapes

Even though the stores were uniform in their fixtures, decor, advertising and product line, each Turtle’s store still somehow managed to have a little bit of its own personality.

My entry into the world of record collecting began as chain record stores were successfully expanding throughout the Atlanta area. The Philadelphia-based Franklin Music had arrived in 1971, opening in Perimeter Mall. In 1975, the California-based Peaches Records opened their first Atlanta store on Peachtree Street. 1976 saw the very first location of Oz Records open in Buckhead. However, none of those chains could claim the impressive success that Turtle’s Records & Tapes experienced in Atlanta’s music retail scene.

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