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

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Midge Ure: Dear God

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Today’s Spiritual Sunday’s selection will be the last in that category for a while, as I am retiring the daily category. This is one of the...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Rolling Stones: Can't You Hear Me Knocking

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I didn’t get The Rolling Stones’ 1971 album “Sticky Fingers” until several years after its release, so when I first heard today’s Bubbling U...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Bruce Springsteen: Pink Cadillac

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Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark,” the first single from his 15 times platinum “Born in the USA” album, was paired with a non-album ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

RIP Andy Williams

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I learned yesterday of the passing of the great crooner Andy Williams on Tuesday from bladder cancer. He was 84 years old. While his music...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

1000th Post / 3rd Year Anniversary: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

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“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Well, being that today is the 1,000th post and simultaneously the third anniversary of “Reading Between the...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Charlie Christian Jammers: Waiting for Benny

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Today is the last day you can register your vote to see if “Reading Between the Grooves” continues after tomorrow. This is post 999 and pos...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Tito & Tarantula: After Dark

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As we countdown to 1000 posts, only two more posts remain; however, if you want this blog to continue, you can make a difference by register...
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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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