Reading between the Grooves

One man's view of music - past, present, and future.
A look at recordings and music from many genres
from the Mad Doctor of Musical Mayhem

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Grand Funk Railroad: Mean Mistreater

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Since I was doing the “honey do” thing today, I am a little late with my bubbling under hit for this Saturday. Grand Funk Railroad’s single...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Sugarloaf: West Of Tomorrow

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Now I know many of us can remember where we were when we heard a piece of important news or even heard a hit record for the first time, but ...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Cars: Let's Go

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It’s TV Thursday and one of the latest Target commercials uses the Cars’ top 20 hit from 1979 – “Let’s Go.” It was the first single release...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Christie: Yellow River

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When today’s one hit wonder was released in 1970, I thought for sure that Christie was an American band. “Yellow River” just sounded Americ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Anders Hagberg & Eivør Pálsdóttir: Stenristarna

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Last week when I was looking for Nordic folk music, I stumbled upon Anders Hagberg's and Eivør Pálsdóttir's performance of “Stenris...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Chet Atkins & Leo Kottke: Sleep Walk

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Late start tonight on this blog post – I was very busy last evening and fell asleep before doing the post. Today’s Monday cover is one I di...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Ike & Tina Turner: Walk With Me Lord

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Our spiritual Sunday selection travels back to 1974 with Ike and Tina Turner from their album “The Gospel According to Ike and Tina.” Tina ...
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Jim Owston
Associate Provost and Professor of Mass Communication at Alderson Broaddus University and an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University.

Graduate of Marshall University, West Virginia University, Southern New Hampshire University, Kentucky Christian University and Mountain State University.

Dissertation on institutional rebranding (see newriver.net) was the 2009 international winner of the Alice L. Beeman Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research in Communications and Marketing for Higher Education Advancement and was the 2008 Leo and Margaret Goodman-Malamuth Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Higher Education Administration.

Placed as a winner in five Active Industry Research Contemporary Hit Radio "Pick the Hits" competitions from 1983 through 1987. Each competition had 31 winners. Placed 2nd (1st among radio participants), 6th, 10th (twice), and 21st in the five competitions.

Awarded 14 gold & platinum records and an international sales award from various record companies. Winner of 30 Public Relations awards.
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