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  • OS #27a All American Red, White, and Blue Mixtape

    OS #27a All American Red, White, and Blue Mixtape
    Jul 1 2025

    Happy Fourth, happy birthday, sail away to a few American tunes! It’s a special Old School All American Red, White, and Blue Mixtape. The stories are all on the podcast, so push play. It’s a holiday.

    Recommended for: long waits at the airport, backyard barbecues, setting off fireworks, flag waving, Constitution reading, taking the Fifth, drinking a Fifth, wishing for the Fifth, steering clear of the tainted potato salad, playing volleyball in the park, testing your waterproof earbuds, slipping on the Slip and Slide, and trying not to harsh the mellow of your dear old Uncle Sam.

    These tunes for good times from all times. Audio fireworks!

    Happy 4th of July from Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL! Share this with someone with whom you once spent the holiday.

    The Beach Boys. "Spirit of America" Little Deuce Coupe. Capitol, 1963.

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    Chuck Berry. "Back in the USA" The Great 28. Chess, 1964.

    Johnny Cash. "Ragged Old Flag" The Essential Johnny Cash. Columbia, 1974.

    Roger McGuinn. "The Ballad of Easy Rider" Easy Rider. Hip-O Records, 1969.

    Blitzen Trapper. "American Goldwing" American Goldwing. SubPop, 2011.

    John Prine. "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" John Prine. Atlantic, 1971.

    Alice Cooper. "I Love America" Dada. Warner Bros, 1983.

    Bill Parsons (Bobby Bare). “All American Boy” Single. Fraternity, 1959.

    Stan Freberg. "Declaration of Independence "A Man Can't Be Too Careful What He Signs These Days"" Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America. Rhino, 1961

    Steppenwolf. “Monster/Suicide/America” Monster. ABC Dunhill Records, 1969.

    David Bowie. “I’m Afraid of Americans” Earthling. Virgin, 1997.

    Cat Power. "American Flag" Moon Pix. Matador, 1998.

    Ry Cooder. "FDR in Trinidad" Into the Purple Valley. Reprise, 1971.

    Bob Dylan. "Dear Mrs Roosevelt" Tribute to Woody Guthrie. Warner Bros, 1968.

    Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. "American Dream" American Dream. Atlantic, 1988.

    Spinal Tap. "America" This Is Spinal Tap. Polydor, 1984.

    James Brown. "Hey America" The Singles Vol 7 (1970-1972). Hip-O Select, 2009.

    Prince. "America" Single. Warner Bros, 1990.

    Stan Freberg. “Finale: “America, America! (Reprise) Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America Vol. 2. Rhino, 1996.



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  • OS#85 Scenes from the Life of Brian

    OS#85 Scenes from the Life of Brian
    Jun 20 2025

    You have probably heard snips of “Surfin’ Safari” more in the past couple of weeks than at any time since it was released in October of 1962. That song, along with “Good Vibrations” and “Surfer Girl” highlight the fleeting media tributes to Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 - June 11, 2025) the driving force behind The Beach Boys.

    Thanks for reading Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL! This post is public so feel free to share it.

    Luckily, Professor Mikey’s Old School goes a little longer and digs a little deeper than the usual media minute mourn. Still there isn’t enough time in one show to access the loss of an American rock n roll legend, who ruled the charts, the waves, the shoreline, and the hot California sand. But the attempt here will be to catch a wave and sit on top of the world.

    Brian didn’t surf. He was a composer, a bandleader, a singer, a keyboard and bass player, a producer, and a mysterious and reclusive giant of the American music scene. He was also a son, a brother, a cousin, a father, a label founder, a confounding genius, and an introverted wizard.

    There are tons of Brian Wilson stories and hopefully you will have time to hear them all. The tales of the Beach Boys are not all about the waves of Waimea and Malibu, bikinis and 409s. hallucinogens and cheese burgers, hot rod boys and surfer girls .

    Rather than trying to reconstruct a bio, or review a musical output of six plus decades, or watch a video of someone professing to have never listened to a Beach Boys track until they hit it big on YouTube, I have sailed the Sloop John B in a different direction. Whats next is an unsolved puzzle pieced together like the band might have done with reel to reel 60s and 70s snippets in the Sunset Sound Recording Studios.

    All the Wilson brothers are gone now. Dennis drowned in 1983 at Marina Del Ray about three weeks after his 39th birthday. Carl contracted lung cancer that moved to his brain and claimed him at 51 in 1998. Brian was 82.

    Don’t Worry Baby, everything will turn out all right. And now let’s roll tape and do some beachcombing on Professor Mikey’s Old School # 85: “Scenes from The Life of Brian.”

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    Beach Boy fans! Enjoy the roaring shredding of underground surf tunes. Tune in to the MONSTERS!!🦖🦖🦖



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  • OS#84 No Hit Wonders

    OS#84 No Hit Wonders
    Jun 9 2025
    Everybody knows about one-hit wonders. They may have had long semi successful recording careers, but at only one time in their entire career did the sun truly shine on them. They had that one song that came along at the perfect time, grabbed the public’s attention, and bought them a house on the outskirts of Palm Springs.So I started digging a little deeper. Deep in the Audio Closet of No Return are many albums by people you never heard of singing songs that were not widely heard outside of their mother’s kitchen.i may have doomed this episode by getting cute and calling it No-Hit Wonders. “No hits” will never fly with Top 40 limitations or Android Smoke Signals or Twenty First Century F F F Focus Groups. The pop music world thrives on success and an artist’s ability to make money for someone in a suit he or she will never meet. It’s a business of hits, not misses.As I started pulling albums that might fit the description, I found that many of the choices I made came from the early 80s. There is no scientific explanation. I was working for a station where music reps brought me stacks of albums. But new decades are a time of promise and possibilities.MTV didn’t start until August of 1981, so what you are about to hear is a collection of people who didn’t get to be big names just before video killed the radio star. It doesn’t mean they didn’t try. And, as you are about to discover, it doesn’t mean they produced sub par rock and roll. I dropped the needle through all of these albums and found songs I think history might have sadly overlooked.So much for the “no hitter.” From the Oscar broadcast, Franke Previte of Frankie and the Knockouts accepts the honors for writing “I’ve Had the Time of My Life” for Dirty Dancing.“That was Sweetheart from Franke and the Knockouts. It came and went in 1981. But the lead singer, Franke Previte would be remember for a much, much bigger song. In 1987 he got a call from the head of Millennium Record, Jimmy Ienner, who asked him if he would be available to compose something for an upcoming movie. When he was told the title, he thought he was being asked to write for a porn flick, and he was sure his career was sinking. The movie however, was Dirty Dancing. He joined co writers John DeNicola and Don Markowitz and their song not only bumped a Lionel Ritchie song for the climactic dance by Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray, the trio won Oscars for the best composition of the year.”It’s easy to say these weren’t particularly successful entertainment sources in their time, which for most of them seem to be on the cusp of a new decade. Through with the 70s, the 80s on top of them. A new unscripted baby of an era fairly unsure of what is about to happen, it only knows it is going to require a lot of mousse to replicate the glitzy Fifties, and for music and movies, an acceleration of drug use, particularly cocaine, on the highway to getting things done. For this handful of musicians the possibility of failure and being forgotten in a distant future is not there, like the haunted girl lost by the heartbroken Zombies in their debut hit of the 60s.You be the judge. This show is 100% vinyl, and about the same percentage obscure. But it wasn’t for lack of trying. From England we start with The Sinceros and a prophetic song called “Disappearing.” Get ready for Professor Mikey’s Old School #84: “No Hit Wonders: The Early 80s!”But if you have listened to as many records as an ancient DJ you have either lost all your audio tastebuds, or you have figured out that the music that comes out of an artist has little or nothing to do with the size of their bank accounts. Poverty struck down and outhouse cowboys have produced tear jerkers that rolled into the driveway in the rain with beautiful songs of heartache and redemption.⚾️PLAY (BALL) LIST(Coaches note: Batting order changed at the last minute)I’m So Attractive The Photos * I Don’t Wanna Hear It The Shoes * All Messed Up and Ready to Go The Records * Fotogenic Ellen Shipley * Hey You’re On the Run New England * Sweetheart Frankie and the Knockouts * Give Me a Little Time R.A.F. * At the End of the Day Mike Rutherford * Real Life Fast Fontaine * No Turning Back Sherbs * Disappearing The Sinceros * Fade to Grey VisageVisage fading to grey means we are coming to the end of the No Hit Wonders Old School podcast, and still no hits. Hopefully you got the point. Even the biggest hit makers sometimes find themselves in creative jungles. Chopping and charting through swamps and skullduggery, sure that whatever it takes to become a success has eluded them completely. Many of these artists disappeared or went different directions. Others persevered, sometimes into miserable failure. But other times they won the rock and roll.We close with a little known thematic project called Smallcreep’s Day. The artist is Mike Rutherford. He stayed in the background for a lot of his career. He was no ...
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  • OS#47a Raining AGAIN on Prom Night

    OS#47a Raining AGAIN on Prom Night
    May 31 2025
    FOR a beat down of pure syrupy nostalgia, there’s nothing like an Old School prom night. Unless it’s an old basketball court gymnasium prom night. Or a Kiwanis Hall.Everyone is in their teens which means they will never look better. Small town princesses in their royal gowns, awkward guys all greased back and stiff in their rented tuxedos. Becoming a grownup is a mystery just a few miles down the road. Maybe if the music glides into romantic and dreamy, things might slow down a bit. The lights go low, the geometry teacher can’t see how close you are dancing.Before the limo arrives, the weather does its thing. It starts raining on prom night. Windshield wipers swipe back and forth, spreading droplet jewels before more fall. Uncomfortable but flashy dancing shoes go splashy through the puddle. Inside you can hear the Thunder under the Marshals and the Fenders.The rain is falling, the night is calling, some of the corsages have been in the freezers for close to 70 years. Much of this predates classic rock. So I guess it’s Baroque. It’s definitely romantic. And it’s coming down cats and dogs.Prom culture, like teen culture, has not stood still. For this playlist we hover pretty much around the late Fifties into the early Sixties. The oldest song is from 1952, but it has such staying power it was required on prom setlists for over 20 years. A couple of modern tunes from 1966 are present, just to keep the sass in tact. But mostly the prom sweet spot coincides with the peak years for doowop, a genre that takes to the floor after the Blues and just ahead of Soul. The greatest hits of Doowop were associated with Proms at one time or another. Heartfelt love songs that drifted through dreamy harmonies. All the sweetness and tenderness that true love can inspire in the poetry of an uncertain era. The importance of Doowop is a big chapter in any popular music history. Tonight however we are in love with the possibilities of everything working out just right for ever and ever.NEW SCHOOL PROM FILLERA girl usually tries on 10 dresses before she finds the perfect prom ensemble! Corsages were meant for the waist Teens usually spend $1,500 on their prom including tickets, limo, dresses, and flowers! 62% of prom-goers take home memorabilia to remember their prom night 15% of girls see prom as equal importance as their wedding Prom Industry earns about $4 Billion each year! The average prom proposal costs $325 Most girls shop for their dress 3 months before their prom. Source: Ambassador Limousines Weird Prom FactoidsIn 1975 Susan Ford (President Gerald Ford’s daughter) invited her peers to the White House to have their prom! Her father was not in the states that night so the Secret Service took it upon themselves to be the chaperones. It was held in the East Room. Once the night was over the students went on the Presidential yacht and cruised underneath the stars!This was supposed to end about twelve, and it’s a quarter till I guess. Nobody’s really looking at the clock. Throughout the evening people have been peeling off. Most of the teachers have gone home, there are still a couple of chaperone stretching out over multiple folding chairs. Balloons have popped, confetti is coming loose.But there’s still a dozen or maybe two dozen (its really dark in here) couples, and this is serious heartfelt intoxicating busy time. The DJ shuts up, the only music that’s going to work for the up close and personal is one long dreamy set of heaven sent Doo Wop. The Flamingoes have wet feathers because it’s still raining on prom night.Right now you might be thinking of a friend who would get a kick out of this show. Think no more! Send it to them! Cheaper than a corsage!The ProgramWalking in the Rain THE RONETTESCrying in the Rain THE EVERLY BROTHERSA White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation MARTY ROBBINSAt the Hop DANNY AND THE JUNIORSLoillipop THE CHORDETT7 Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat THE AVONSBorn Too Late THE PONI-TAILSWIshin’ and Hopin’ DUSTY SPRINGFIELDPopsicles and Icicles THE MURMAIDSTeenager’s Romance RICKY NELSONJohnny Angel SHELLEY FABRESVenus FRANKIE AVALONRhapsody in the Rain LOU CHRISTIERumble LINK WRAYHe’s a Rebel THE CRYSTALSAngel Baby ROSIE AND THE ORIGINALSNothing Takes the Place of You TOUSSAINT McCALLI Love How You Love Me THE PARIS SISTERSAll These Things THE UNIQUESI Only Have Eyes for You THE FLAMINGOSOnce Upon a Time ROCHELL AND THE CANDLESIn the Still of the Night THE FIVE SATINSTonight Tonight The Meello KingsThere’s a Moon Out Tonight THE CAPRISRemember THE EARLSThe Angels Listened In THE CRESTSYou Belong to Me THE DUPREES 1962Come Softly To Me THE FLEETWOODSI Love You So THE CHANTELSEbb Tide THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERSFor Your Precious Love THE IMPRESSIONSFor Your Love ED TROWNSENDIt’s Raining On Prom Night CINDY BULLINS from GREASEDon’t forget to check out OLD SCHOOL on YOUTUBEProfessor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and ...
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  • OLD SCHOOL Redux 3

    OLD SCHOOL Redux 3
    May 23 2025
    OLD SCHOOL #7 Wild Life MacumbaOs Mutantes 1968, Barbara George 1961, Lou Christie 1966For many who were there, regardless of our powers of recall, the psychedelic 60s are fueled by musical memories. Great Britain ruled with Beatles and Stones, trailed by a loopy gaggle that included Donovan, Small Faces, and infant Pink Floyd. Living in the USA meant the Dead, the Airplane, the Electric Flag, the plastic inevitable, the acid test.But in Brazil, all those inputs were peppered with the home country heroes Os Mutantes. Weird, political, original, they were as psychedelic as the blue sands of Rio in the moonlight. They started in ‘64, regrouped and added and subtracted personnel over the years, but remain a global legend.Presenting their first song, the gateway audio drug to the endless whirl that Os Mutantes!BAT MACUMBA Os MutantesBarbara George wrote her single hit basing the melody on one of her church choir faves, “Just a Closer Walk with Thee.” The lyrics were pointed at the jerk she had married at 16. It was a blessing as well as a blessing out.In 1961 “I Know” topped the R&B charts at hit #3 on the US pop charts. As composer, she reaped the benefits of cover versions by Ike and Tina, Fats Domino, Bonnie Raitt, and Cher. British invaders Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas recorded it.Such a fun song, it’s sleeping now, awaiting a reimagined cover somewhere down the line. How do I know? I Know.I KNOW. Barbara GeorgeLugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco turned 83 on Feb 19. His best birthday will always be his 23rd in 1966, when he had the Number One song in the country. On March 3, “Lightnin’ Strikes” went gold, signifying a million sales, mostly to teenage girls who knew exactly where Lou Christie was coming from. And where he wanted to go.Most of Christie’s hits, heavy with falsetto and naughty romance, are rough and edgy for the times. To date he is the only artist to have a record banned for including the phrase “making out.” Christie loved the bad rich boy persona that emanate from his songs, his album covers, his live performances.Lou forever comes across as the privileged white teen who shows up late for the chaperoned sweet sixteen birthday house party, rocking a plaid blazer. He’s driving his father’s Jaguar. And at some point of the party he takes two or three cool guys out to the driveway for a smoke and shows them the pistol in the glove box.Christie and his labels created this image and squeezed it into a very successful career. “Wild Life’s in Season” is a lesser hit for him, but it is such a perfect example of what Lou Christie was all about. The man, the legend, the haircut.WILD LIFE’S IN SEASON Lou ChristieKnow someone who may enjoy some time in the Old School detention hall? Please share! Thank you😎OLD SCHOOL #8 Junior and Georgie on a MissionJunior Wells 1965, George Fame and the Blue Flames 1964, Mission of Burma 1981Unlike the Underground FM sets I would put together in the early 70s as a charter member of the Association of Progressive Radio Announcers, these three song Old School shows don’t have much to do with each other. That will probably change but for these first few it’s grab bag mode. Unearthing genius locked silent for a half century is enough!If today’s bill was a show, I would be there with you on the front row. Junior Wells was a legend. Musically he was family taught by cousins Junior Parker and Sonny Boy Williamson II. On the other side of the ocean Georgie Fame fed on American blues and brought a hep cat groove to the British Invasion. Fast forward a little and Boston’s Mission of Burma plays their first gig on April 1, 1979.OK, push play please…SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT Junior WellsJunior Wells, 1934-1998 enjoyed a 40 year performing career that established him as one of the baddest blowers of the blues harp. Born in Memphis, he attended the school of hard knocks in Chicago. He was performing with a group called The Aces in 1952 when he heard that Little Walter had dropped out of Muddy Waters band.By the 1960s Junior was on his own when he recorded perhaps his greatest album, the Hoodoo Man Blues. The idea was to recreate in a studio what a night in a west side lounge might sound like Especially sweet is his Chicago Blues Band, consisting of bassist Jack Myers, drummer Billy Warren, and a guitarist called Friendly Chap on the first pressings, but you don’t need a weatherman to know that axe is being wielded by Buddy Guy.Don’t even try to sit still. Junior Wells 1965…Snatch it Back and Hold It…YEH YEH Georgie FameGeorgie Fame points to Louis Jordan, Booker T and Mose Allison as major influences on his jazzy British style. Oddly enough, the sound was just offbeat and swinging enough to earn him a high rank in the British Invasion. His first hit had been recorded by Mongo Santamaria, with lyrics written by Jon Hendricks of Lambert Hendricks and Ross. London went cool cat, and Georgie has been bopping ever since.From ...
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  • OS#83 "Hey, Let's Twist"

    OS#83 "Hey, Let's Twist"
    May 16 2025
    Professor Mikey in the Old School today, on a field trip where we will be twisting the night away.The Twist was all about the dance. The music was kind of secondary. Sure, there were a handful of Twist stars, but as far as phenomena go, the Twist had a trajectory of it’s own.Welcome to the last big to the last big music craze before the British Invasion.We are coming to you from the ghostly realm of the Peppermint Lounge at 128 West 45th Street in New York City, a sonic shrine from 1961 that predated the cultural pop of Studio 54. Who cared that it was small and most people spent their evenings trying to get on the wait list? Or that it was run by the mob?The popularity of the Twist came and went to fast, almost as quickly as it’s West Coast counterpart, surf music. But it was a completely different vibe. Wiggling your hips to phenomenally forgettable Twist tunes in the middle of the night was pure east coast, where the beautiful people flocked to the Big Apple. On any given night you might see Norman Mailer, Greta Garbo, Truman Capote, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Liberace, Audrey Hepburn, Annette Funicello and so many others. When the Beatles came to play the Ed Sullivan Show, they wanted to party at the Peppermint Lounge.We have the pictures to prove it on the newsletter at professormikey.substack.com.Another origin story took place at the same time in Philadelphia, where TVs most popular disc jockey ordered up a cover version of a Bside from 1958. It was still the early days of rock, and having a grown up white guy decide what the next craze would be was nothing unusual. That’s a whole other story.Some of the songs were catchy, some were downright twisted. All of them involved a dance that anybody could do, and everybody looked silly doing it. Good times! This is Old School #83.Hey! Let’s Twist!Exactly how or why that song sat for 2 years before it got Dick Clark’s attention is a mystery. The king of Philadelphia and teen aged afternoon TV on his American Bandstand dance show wanted a new dance. He called a friend at Cameo Records to see if they had anyone who could do a new version of Ballard’sforgotten B Side. Earnest Evans, who would have probably been called Ernie E if he had been discovered today, got the nod. The 20 year old had earned the name Chubby while entertaining for Fresh Farm Poultry in the Italian Market on Ninth Street. His boss, the guy who nicknamed him Chubby, Anthony Tambone, got the call from his buddyKal Mann, who worked as a songwriter for Cameo-Parkway Records arranged for young Chubby to do a private audition recording. Clark played it for his family and his wife suggested they tack on Checker as an homage to Fats Domino. Clark smelled money.Enter Joseph DiNicola, born in Passaic, New Jersey on 11 June 1940. As Joey Dee he and the Starliters (David Brigati, Larry Vernieri (vocals), Carlton Lattimore (organ), Sam Taylor (guitar) and Willie Davis (drums), were playing a club in Lodi, New Jersey. They got the call to meet on 45th street for a weekend gig at the Peppermint Lounge. It was a tiny club pulsing with energy. What the public didn’t realize at the time was it was being run by the Genovese crime family, specifically Matty “The Horse” Ianniello. Teen tough guy Joey Pesci was an extra who was asked to leave after his dancing got a little too wild.All that faded into the background when the Peppermint Twist was released. The 45 came as a two parter, with the first side getting the airplay, and hit the number one spot quickly. Here is the way they never heard it on the radio. The Peppermint Twist Parts One and Two!Their hit “Peppermint Twist” hit number one in 1962.On any given night, you might spot Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, or even the Beatles—all twisting elbow-to-elbow with downtown kids.Designed to get a quick laugh and hopefully turn a quick buck, Twisted Humor resulted in a handful of mostly regrettable tunes that did nothing to help the twist. They were songs produced by adults, for adults, and they were funny for about the first 20 seconds. In fact, Prof Mikey has made an editorial decision to cut these into segment so you won’t dislike me or disown me or whatever people do when they unsubscribe. If you want to hear the entire versions, they are safe and uncut on the public Twist playlist on my YouTube Channel.How bad can they be? Let’s just start cold.O’Kelly, Rudolph, and Ronald–Cincinnati’s Isley Brothers–figured into a lot of music over several decades. Beginning in the 50s with gospel and doo-wop, they progressed to soul, and funk and so much more. And they were always a few dance steps ahead, like when they hired an unknown Jimi Hendrix to play in their band. Twistin with Linda was just one of their twist hits, but you probably heard a lyric in there that would gel into the backbone of a song so famous, the Beatles used it to open most of their early shows. Earlier in this episode, you heard an unknown ...
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  • OS#82 Brave New World

    OS#82 Brave New World
    Apr 16 2025
    Searching for wisdom in old pop songs is no doubt an exercise in folly. Tunes from Good Times, resurrected and dusted off in bleak and uncertain futures, often sound hollow.(((Be sure and check out the last 5 min even if you skip everything else😎)))) Boy, did these guys miss the mark. What if we could pluck them out of their secure past, and plop them down in the middle of these times. Things get worse everyday. The anxiety level rocks you harder than an old Led Zeppelin lick.Thanks for listening to and/or reading Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL! This post is public so feel free to share it. Read The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare here.But, if Shakespeare can sum it up and have it make sense over a few hundred years, surely we can expect the same from many others who tamed the 20th century with peace, love, and great bass lines.Today Old School is coming to you from a Brave New World. Not necessarily hopeful and sugar coated. The future is still out there, it could go either way. It could be the end of the world as we know it, but how great to be able to dial up REM or Elvis Costello.Professor Mikey here. Hopeful as Hell, but still holed up in the Old School basement surrounded by the grooves of a remarkable past. A time when all issues could be rocked. For today’s show, we’ve even dipped into some true standard to keep the ship afloat.🌎🌍🌏BRAVE NEW PLAYLISTI Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire - The Ink SpotsBrave New World - The Steve Miller BandLost in a Lost World - The Moody BluesWorld of Pain - CreamSittin’ on Top of the World - Howlin’ WolfAny World That I’m Welcome To - Steely DanMan Who Sold the World - NirvanaGet Me to the World on Time - Electric Prunes5 O’Clock World - The VoguesHand Me Down World - Guess WhoIf I Ruled the World - Sammy Davis Jr.It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s Man’s Man’s WorldComputer World - KraftwerkWhen the World is Running Down - The PoliceWaiting for the World to End - Elvis CostelloGot the World on a String - Ella FitzgeraldSpecial montage NOT TO BE MISSED10 Alarming Signs Indicating the World Is in Trouble: 1. Record-Breaking Global Temperatures: January 2025 was the warmest January globally, with an average surface air temperature of 13.23°C, which is 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average for January. 2. Decline in Wildlife Populations: Over the past 50 years, there has been a catastrophic 73% decline in global wildlife populations, indicating severe biodiversity loss. 3. Increased Rainfall Intensity in Urban Areas: Cities like Seattle have experienced a 6% increase in rainfall intensity since 1970, leading to heightened flood risks. 4. Rising Ocean Acidity and Sea Levels: Ocean acidity and sea levels have reached record highs, contributing to the loss of marine life and increased coastal erosion. 5. Accelerated Biodiversity Loss Due to Human Activity: Human activities have led to a 20% reduction in species diversity at impacted sites, with reptiles, amphibians, and mammals being particularly affected.  6. Threats to Traditional Agricultural Practices: In regions like Romania’s Carpathians, traditional hay meadows, which support rich biodiversity, are disappearing due to modernization and depopulation. 7. Projected Increase in Species Extinction: Studies estimate that an additional 17% of Earth’s species could be lost directly due to climate change. 8. Deregulation Benefiting Fossil Fuel Industries: Policies favoring fossil fuel industries, such as environmental deregulations, are exacerbating climate change impacts. 9. Intensification of Extreme Weather Events: Climate change is making extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, and heatwaves more common and severe. 10. Increased Heat-Related Mortality Rates: There has been a rise in heat-related deaths, reflecting the direct impact of increasing global temperatures on human health. Songs That Changed the World* “Strange Fruit” – Billie Holiday (1939) One of the first protest songs, exposing the horrors of lynching.* “Like a Rolling Stone” – Bob Dylan (1965) → Redefined what a pop song could be.3. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles (1963) Sparked Beatlemania and the British Invasion.4. “Respect” – Aretha Franklin (1967) → Became an anthem for both feminism and civil rights.5. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana (1991) → Ushered in the grunge era.6. “Good Vibrations” – The Beach Boys (1966) → One of the most innovative studio recordings of its time.7. “Fight the Power” – Public Enemy (1989) → A rallying cry for political activism in hip-hop.8. “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen (1975) → Proved rock opera could be a mainstream hit.9. “Rapper’s Delight” – Sugarhill Gang (1979) → Introduced rap to a wider audience.10. “Imagine” – John Lennon (1971) → A universal song of peace and Unity “The past is a blast.”Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive ...
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  • OS#81: Dude, Where’s My Garage?

    OS#81: Dude, Where’s My Garage?
    Mar 24 2025

    Garage Rock preceded Psychedelic anywhere from four to six weeks, depending on who you ask. The problem is that 50 and 60 year old memories are not exactly rock solid reliable. Several people were in bands. Some of them can remember their names. Their beloved playlists? That’s another matter.

    Digging for great old records back by the storage room doors in what is left of the Mom and Pop record stores is a true joy. The tough part is sorting the true ginormous gems from the forgotten flip sides. Sometimes, they stay lost, gone with the wind like the brain cells that used to be there.

    But enough for artificial music intelligence. Coming up on this special detention edition of Old School, Professor Mikey discovers and dusts off some truly lost legends of 60s psychedelic silliness hiding amidst the stacks of vericose vinyl from a time that time forgot.

    Score two microdots for every one you remember. Hey Jude, these are really obscure.

    Hey, Professor Mikey here, thanks for helping to warm up the Old School today. This has been episode 81 Dude, Where’s My Garage. Let’s stick a Volume 1 on that, you know we will have to keep looking for that great garage in the future. The playlist, along with the free newsletter, you can find at professormikey.substack.com. People who do straight politics are getting zillions of subscribers, so vote for old rock and roll any time you have the chance. Old School is also heard wherever you get your podcasts. Any and all music heard in this program resides next to the ‘55 Chevy in the garage that just needs an engine overhaul and a paint job, and is in the public domain or is used by permission from the labels, the podcast originators, and within the guidelines of fair use provided for in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. Join me next time and stay tuned for a great closer! Professor Mikey's OLD SCHOOL is a reader-supported publication. To receive podcast pre-releases, extras, choreography annd merriment consider becoming a subscriber as a well as a supporter of the greatest evolutions in rock.



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