Author Archives: Brian Robbins

Freelance word 'rassler, sloppy cartoonist, and thumper of stringed instruments. Tales, 'toons, and tunes at www.brian-robbins.com

Pops Pluggs On Senior Dating

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Doing The Radiators’ Last Watusi with Dave Malone & Reggie Scanlan

New Orleans’ The Radiators played their last official shows in June of 2011 after a run of 33-1/3 years with the same lineup – a fact that, if it isn’t a rock ‘n’ roll record, must be damn close. The Rads – drummer Frank Bua, Jr.; bassist Reggie Scanlan; guitarist Camile Baudoin; guitarist/vocalist Dave Malone; […]

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Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers

The opening seconds of Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers are awash in joyful noise: Marty Sammon’s gentle organ is the first thing you hear; next comes Chuck Campbell, working his multi-levered and -pedaled steel guitar to bounce one stinging note off the other; his brother Darick’s lap steel joins in, all icy-hot sizzling tone; […]

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Pops Pluggs – “Them Tramp Stamps!”

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Coming this weekend: Pops Pluggs!

He’s cantankerous; he calls ’em like he sees ’em; he says what he wants to; and he knows he can get away with it ’cause he’s older than you! Are you ready for Pops Pluggs? He’s coming to www.brian-robbins.com this weekend … and things will be never be quite the same around here again.

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Meet Pops Pluggs!

He’s cantankerous; he calls ’em like he sees ’em; he says what he wants to; and he knows he can get away with it ’cause he’s older than you! Are you ready for Pops Pluggs? He’s coming to www.brian-robbins.com this weekend … and things will be never be quite the same around here again.

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The Pogues – The Very Best Of the Pogues

Let’s start right off by acknowledging the fact that if you already own The Best Of The Pogues, The Rest Of The Best, Essential Pogues, The Ultimate Collection, Dirty Old Town: The Platinum Collection, Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say … Pogue Mahone!, and/or an older album that was also named The […]

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Rock Candy Funk Party – We Want Groove

So chances are you’re going to look at the cover of We Want Groove and say, “Wait – haven’t I seen this somewhere before …?” And you have, of course: trade the lady in her underoos squatting over a wicked cool old Fender amp (I like amps, myself) for a Black cat with his head […]

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Iggy – The Pop Heard ‘Round The World (Even On Deer Isle, ME)

Originally written as an introduction to a review I wrote about a reissue of Iggy Pop & The Stooges’ Raw Power album, this turned into a stand-alone essay. Here’s a little peek into what is was like to be a kid growing up on the coast of Maine in the 60s/70s and be fascinated by […]

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Ed McClanahan – I Just Hitched In From The Coast

Even if Ed McClanahan’s I Just Hitched In From The Coast wasn’t a great read, it would still be worth owning just for the cover photo of a long, long ago Ed. I love Ed McClanahan.

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