Back in 1988, Public Enemy recorded “Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos”, a hardcore rap about in which Chuck D narrates his incarceration which culminates in a dramatic prison riot. For the longest time, this was thought to be a fictional dramatization, but I recently came across this 100% authentic letter from The Government [...]
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Hip Hop History: The Letter That Inspired Public Enemy’s “Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos”
November 3rd, 2011 
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Someone Needs To Record This Song I Wrote
August 24th, 2011 rberry I’d love to hear any retroCRUSH fans out there have a crack at recording this song. I’m thinking a simple uptempo guitar with minimal/no accompaniment in the style of Steve Earle would be good. Email me at rberry@retrocrush.com if you’d like to take a crack at it! “Straight to Hell” (copyright Robert Berry, 2011) Devil’s [...]
Download The Dead Trees New Single For Freeeeeeee!
June 30th, 2011 rberry I had never heard of this group until I got the press release talking about this but I really like their sound. It’s the kind of music I could drink a lot of beer to while sitting in the backyard looking at fireflies and eating an egg salad and salami sandwich. Props to The Dead [...]
Best Album Covers 1990-present?
June 9th, 2011 rberry What do you think some of the best album covers since 1990 have been? It’s an interesting time frame in music history, as nearly all records released since then have been in CD or electronic only format, greatly diminishing the role of graphics that used to adorn the front of vinyl LPs. I’m particularly stricken [...]
DOG POLICE! One of the ’80s Weirdest Videos
June 6th, 2011 rberry I watched MTV pretty religiously back in the day, and when this quirky weird gem popped on it blew my mind. “Dog Police” is more of an art school project than a serious music endeavor, but you can’t deny that the costumes, production value, and the insanely hard to forget hook is very impressive. Hats [...]
Bruno Mars’ “Lazy” Video Is Good Dumb Fun
April 14th, 2011 rberry Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song – Free Music Videos – New Artists I know…not much retro here, but MTV threw this video plug at me, and though I clicked it reluctantly, I can’t help but admire it’s cute dorky charm. Also it looks like they did the whole thing in 3 shots, which is [...]
Not To Put To Fine A Point On It…
April 13th, 2011 rberry Wow! Hard to believe it took over 20 years for someone to actually make a blue canary in the outlet by the light switch! You can get one of these gems at ThinkGEEK for just $12.95. However if you’re thinking of using it as a lighthouse bulb, you’re just setting the poor guy up to [...]
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Tags: birdhouse in your sould, blue canary, night light, they might be giants, thinkgeek 
No Comments »The Top 10 Horror Film Soundtracks Of All Time
November 1st, 2010 rberry #10 CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) by Hans Salter One of the great early monsters created for American cinema, The Creature From The Black Lagoon had it all. The Gill-Man costume is without a doubt one of the coolest looking outfits ever made. The swampy settings and scares were punctuated with this great orchestral [...]
Wayne Brady, Mike Tyson, and Bobby Brown…’NUFF RESPECT!
October 1st, 2010 rberry Every Little Step with Mike Tyson & Wayne Brady from Mike Tyson Wow! You really can find ANYTHING on the internet. Not so much a parody as a crazy homage. Seeing Mike Tyson dance in a black unitard is something you’ll never be able to un-see. And you may not want to. Check out this [...]
Frank Zappa and Jack Kirby Were Buddies?!?!?
August 1st, 2010 rberry I was scouring Google for a cool picture of The Thing and came across this awesome article written last year by Royal Flush Magazine. The writer had dinner with Frank’s son Ahmet and learned all kinds of great things about the two’s relationship. It makes my heart glow to learn that these two were friends. [...]
Posted in COMICS, MUSIC Tags: Ahmet Zappa, COMICS, Dr. Doom, Frank Zappa, Jack Kirby, Royal Flush Magazine, Star Wars 1 Comment »