You Can’t Have Your Cake and Spin it Too AKA KPOL Radio (1952-1981)
Broadcasting self proclaimed, “Beautiful Music,” KPOL, “Los Angeles’ first easy-listening music station,” unleashed 21 alluring tracks, which were all “superbly performed by 101 Strings” in celebration...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Big Guy!
I was a needle-nosed 12-year-old when I endured my first, of many, very important lessons in the ways of essential music listening. That topic… The Beatles. The coach… my father. Back when my only CDs...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Mother Groove!
She’s known for an uncounted amount of selfless, kind gestures, for possessing an incredibly energetic personality, and for being unbelievably thoughtful. But above all else, she’s known for the a...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Prudent Groove!
365 days ago The Prudent Groove set out on her (lethargic, nonsensical, unfocused) maiden voyage in the attempt to offer little more than a self-improving, daily exploration into the cold, solemn...
View ArticleA Moonlit, Birthday Serenade
Happy birthday to my favorite person in the entire world! I have her to thank, from the bottom of my vinyl-obsessed heart, for her consistently thoughtful demeanor, her exceptional inner and outer...
View ArticleLooney Twos (AKA Happy 2nd Birthday, Prudent Groove!)
This exceptionally deceiving, unusually vivacious three record comp by Warner Bros. Records titled, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies features not the usual cast of characters you’d typically expect...
View ArticleAnother Year of Beauty
Nothing says “I love and appreciate you, happy birthday” quite like NOFX’s 2007 live album, They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live!. In the celebratory mood, the Prudent Groove wishes a heartwarming happy...
View ArticleThe Benson Birthday Bash aka Happy 3rd Birthday, Baby Groove!
So, we’re three today. As we celebrate in our own way, let’s fill the streets with dancing, or as Benson would say, The Streets are Filled with Dancing. 1096 consecutive days and this is where we land....
View ArticleGive the Gift of (Mystery) Music
The perfectly wrapped mystery gift sits on display for a few additional days. Its impeccable wrapping, a work of art in and of itself, is both a thoughtful gesture, and a display-worthy presentation....
View ArticleHappy 4th Birthday, Prudent Groove!
Well, four years ago today we dropped the needle on a cryptic and probing experiment called The Prudent Groove. This daily chore of unknown ends (and plagued beginnings) has forced us (me) to peer...
View ArticleHappy 5th Birthday, Groove!
Five years ago today I started an asinine, little daily tradition focusing, let’s say, “inwardly” on my ever-growing collection, and 1828 posts later, I’m no smarter than when I began. I mean, let’s be...
View Article26 Years Old
Happy 26th birthday, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs! Released in 1992, Psalm 69 is (arguably) Ministry’s most critically acclaimed album, though by no means my favorite, or even...
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