Pre-Order Nix Comics' Flipside of Love cuz Pat Redding Scanlon is Cool!

Check it out! Undead Ballads is $12 if you pre-order, $35 as part of a subscription!

Pat and my orbits first crossed when I reprinted "Pure Entertainment" in partnership with Look Mom! Comics. I was wowed by her comics take on the song "Stranded in the Jungle" in that mag! Her latest work for Nix is the cover + 1 story in Flipside of Love!

https://www.nixcomics.com/

#comics #Records #GetNixIn26 #ShangriLas

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #ZenAndMotorcycles. Here are the first five tunes that I came up with:

The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8UKf65NOzM

Tico & the Triumphs: Motorcycle (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgfI7tM-RNQ

Jo Ann Campbell: Motorcycle Michael (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3BjJ57U-1E

Jimmy Cross: I Want My Baby Back (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB4nrDWQXik

Sailcat: Motorcycle Mama (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr-cREte--c

#music #ShangriLas #ticoandthetriumphs #paulsimon #joanncampbell #jimmycross #sailcat

The Shangri-Las -Leader Of The Pack Video with High Quality Sound

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This week''s #TuneTuesday theme is #AtTheBeach. Here's a small selection of relevant songs from the mid-sixties:

The Shangri-Las: Remember (Walking In the Sand) (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlwmyNmrSYw

The Beach-Nuts: Out In The Sun (Hey-O) (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2KKDPrbqE

The Pleasures: Let's Have A Beach Party (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaT3VJpcgcs

The Trade Winds: Summertime Girl (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEwjoOw4ts

The Drifters: Under the Boardwalk (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSddD6w5SKc

#music #ShangriLas #beachnuts #Jaibi #tradewinds #drifters

The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand) 1964

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just a simple I-vi7-IV-V going on, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noV4yuGScEk #music #shangrilas
You Cheated You Lied

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Luister vanavond om 20.00 uur naar het #Snobuur op #PinguinRadio. Vandaag draait dj Ronny Borgesteede liedjes van recente blogs. Enkele uit de Spaanstalige-, de New Romantics- en de 2023-battle, wat individuele bijdragen en een paar muzikanten die ons dit jaar alweer zijn ontvallen. Met onder andere #SpandauBallet #BuffaloTom #Slayer #SoftCell #Nico #GregoryPorter #MC5 en #ShangriLas. Check in at: https://ondergewaardeerdeliedjes.nl/2024/03/01/snob-radio-156/
Snob Radio - Recente blogs - Ondergewaardeerde Liedjes

Vandaag draait Ronny Borgesteede liedjes van recente blogs. Enkele uit de Spaanstalige-, de New Romantics- en de 2023-battle, wat individuele bijdragen en een paar muzikanten die ons dit jaar alweer

Ondergewaardeerde Liedjes
“Nothing But Pop File, vol.86: I'm in L-U-V with Mary Weiss, the voice of the Shangri-Las” (1 user) https://kenta45rpm.com/2024/01/25/nothing-but-pop-file-vol86-im-in-l-u-v-with-mary-weiss/ #ShangriLas
Nothing But Pop File, vol.86: I'm in L-U-V with Mary Weiss, the voice of the Shangri-Las

NBPファイル vol.86:追悼 メアリー・ワイス(ザ・シャングリラス) ビリー・ジョエル、16年ぶりの来日コンサート、素晴らしかったっすねー。今朝もまだ昨夜の東京ドームの余韻にひたりつつ仕事になら

Kenta's...Nothing But Pop!

⛈️ 🙏🏽 1964

"I prayed and prayed to the Lord
To send me back our love
But instead you came to me
Only in my dreams"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKoP8FHY-B0

#ShangriLas #MaryWeiss #MyrmidonsOfMelodrama #DramaQueensFromQueens

Maybe

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#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas
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The Guardian:
Mary Weiss brought streetwise realism to the Shangri-Las – and let 60s girl groups flirt with danger

"Weiss’s piercing voice gave the trio’s songs about bad boys – with their unusually high body count – a lasting punch."
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/20/mary-weiss-brought-streetwise-realism-to-the-shangri-las-and-let-60s-girl-groups-flirt-with-danger

Mary Weiss brought streetwise realism to the Shangri-Las – and let 60s girl groups flirt with danger

Weiss’s piercing voice gave the trio’s songs about bad boys – with their unusually high body count – a lasting punch

The Guardian

#MaryWeiss #ShangriLas
😢🕯️🕊️
Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75 | Pitchfork

The pop singer was behind countless hits in the 1960s, including “Leader of the Pack”
https://pitchfork.com/news/mary-weiss-lead-singer-of-the-shangri-las-dies-at-75/

Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75

The pop singer was behind countless hits in the 1960s, including “Leader of the Pack”

Pitchfork