This is a transitional time. Summer into fall. Summer into school. Summer into not summer anymore. Well, I say good riddance. It was too hot anyways. Unfortunately, as summer goes so too does Rock and Roll Summer School. We did have a good run. Went all the way from Sam Phillips, Jimmie Rodgers, and Harry Smith (I expect you to know those names by now) to Bruce Springsteen (relatively minor character, don't worry about it) singing "Tougher Than The Rest". There is no show tomorrow night, no review session, and also no exam. This was really more of a participatory thing.  The only song I feel fit to sum up such an educational adventure is one that was overlooked until now. One song that contains the decades of rock that came before it, and foreshadows the ones that followed: Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.



...Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. Forget it.

In other news, I will return next week, on Thursday September 9th at 9pm, for the first episode of a new season of The Mixtape. That show will be dedicated to the best track ones, side ones that I can find. As an added bonus, I'm going to spoil the beginning. The first song on Thursday the 9th of September at 9pm will be Warren Zevon's Johnny Strikes Up The Band. No particular reason, really. It just rocks.

Talk to you then,

Ian