ARTICLES & REVIEWS
This page features a potpourri of articles, reviews and interviews relating to Vintage music and the Vintage Movement. All were written by This is Vintage Now producer David Gasten.
ALBUM/SINGLE REVIEWS:
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BOB THOMPSON: Just For Kicks / Mmm, Nice! / On The Rocks (1958-59)
Three classic Bachelor Pad Music LP's on one deluxe 2-CD reissue, released in 2011.
ROBERT MITCHUM: Calypso – Is Like So… (1957)
A surprisingly good one-off LP from the classic on-screen tough guy. Proof that not all albums by actors are bad, this album has gone on to earn a great repuation for itself over the years.
SANDY WARNER: Steve Allen Presents Sandy Warner: Fair and Warner (1962)
The only full-length LP by Sandy Warner, who is best known as the Exotica Girl for her appearance on fourteen (count 'em!) album covers by exotica kingpin Martin Denny.
SNOWBOY PRESENTS NEW VINTAGE, Volume 1 (2012)
21-track Vintage music compilation in the same vein as This is Vintage Now, compiled by Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove. Featuring Imelda May, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Ondřej Havelka & His Melody Makers, and more!
REBECCA POOLE: "This Is the Song" (2012)
Non-LP Vintage-style Wartime single that successfully follows up the World War II anthem “We’ll Meet Again” by Vera Lynn. Look for this track to appear on This is Vintage Now Vol. 2: Happiness is a Way of Life.
MORE MUSIC ARTICLES:
ONE SHOT WONDER ACTRESSES: Five Classic Actresses Who Only Released One Album A tour through the only solo 12" LP's released by Jane Russell, Diana Dors, Tina Louise (Ginger Grant of Gilligan's Island), Marie "The Body" McDonald, and Ilene Woods (Walt Disney's Cinderella).
MOVIE REVIEWS:
The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957) Entertaining black and white comedy/crime movie starring Jane Russell.
CONCERT REVIEWS:
CARO EMERALD, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, January 22, 2013 Review of This is Vintage Now artist Caro Emerald's first ever public performance in The United States.
YOUTUBE VIDEO SERIES REVIEWS:
Genius in the Kitsch-en: Introducing THE VELVETEEN LOUNGE KITSCH-EN Examines a delightful and brilliant YouTube series that features food and cocktail recipes presented in an over-the-top fashion but with an undercurrent of subtle, clever humor.
COMMENTARY:
Popular Music is NOT Popular.
Four surprising facts about the unpopularity of current American Pop Music. The article sets the stage for why many music fans look to the past for alternatives to the music being offered to them by the current powers that be.
Music Veterans respond to This is Vintage Now Vol. 1:
BUFFALO BRUCE BARLOW
Bassist, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
CHRIS "KLONDIKE" MASUAK
Guitarist, Radio Birdman
