This may have been Ben Orr's only solo moment in the sun - and only real spotlight hour out of the shadow of the Cars' mastermind Ric Ocasek - but ... Read More

I told myself I wasn't going to write about this, as tabloid sensationalism is not something I want to get into a habit of spotlighting on this site. But it ... Read More

In this space I usually spotlight songs that failed to make the Top 10 on the pop charts and instead suffered a rather complete and unjust obscurity outside the mainstream ... Read More

If you listen long enough to pop music and '80s music in particular, you begin to realize that the one-hit wonder tag so dreaded by many musicians and so scoffed ... Read More

While the popular image of '80s artists still touring today usually hinges on an almost strictly retro/nostalgia approach (Poison and Journey quickly come to mind), it's nice to focus sometimes ... Read More

One of the greatest things about early-'80s new wave was its inclusiveness, a surprising trait that of course had a very short shelf life once pop music mavens realized there ... Read More

When it comes to American popular music of the past few decades, there probably exists no easier target for scorn, mockery and abuse from a certain percentage of disapproving music ... Read More