Just as the Blues influenced Rock, so would Rock and Roll go on to influence other modern musical forms including Hip Hop and DJ culture more broadly. This influence was not just "in sprit" but in some cases more directly through use of samples and audio splices from the Rock songs themselves to form their …
45 Fridays: Kim Mitchell – “Go For A Soda”
Pop culture: Kim Mitchell's "Go For A Soda" is an overlooked rock gem that only Canadians know. Happy 45 Friday, today we take a look at the UK pressing of a Canadian classic, Kim Mitchell's "Go For A Soda". Kim Mitchell is pinnacle 'Hoser Rock' in our books, and in our hearts, and (here) in …
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Rockwood Cinema Review: Hysteria -The Def Leppard Story (2001)
In our next Rock & Roll movie review, we take a look at the Def Leppard bio-pic, Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001). Before Motley Crue's recent Netflix movie bio-pic, The Dirt (2019), there was Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001). Before streaming, this made-for-TV-movie focused on one of the most recognizable names in rock …
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Bands In The Woods Wednesday: Joe Walsh and James Gang
The photo that accompanied every copy of "Rides Again" (1970) of James Gang out in the woods on motorcycles. Joe Walsh is the only cool Eagle in my books. Just watch The Eagles documentary, History of the Eagles (which is only a little less funnier than This Is Spinal Tap) and you know that he …
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Board Game Review: This Game Goes To Eleven (2019)
Rock and Roll and card games, two fun and interesting things on their own but combined into one is like a gift from the gods for cottagemixtape.com. I am talking about the card game This Game Goes To Eleven by Gamewright. The title an obvious nod to one of the greatest rock mockumentaries of all …
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