70s English Punk Rock Under Neon: "C'mon Everybody" by The Sid Vicious (1979)

70s Blues Rock Under Neon: "Gold" by John Stewart (ft. Stevie Nicks) (1979)

70's Blues Rock Hits Under Neon: "Heartache Tonight" by The Eagles (1979)

British New Wave 70s Under Neon: "Sunday Papers" by Joe Jackson (1979)

New Jersey 70s Soul-Funk Under Neon: "Funky Screw" by Lee Fields (1979)

70's English Two-Tone Ska Under Neon: "Madness" by Madness (1979)

70's Jazz-Funk Under Neon: "Do It" by Lonnie Smith (1979)

70's Funk Under Neon: "Daisy Lady" by Seventh Wonder (1979)

Jazz/Blues/RnB/Funk/Soul Under Neon: "Pyschedelic Sally" by Lionel Hampton (1979)

Brief Movie Review for 'Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)

Movie: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)

Director: John Sayles

Rating 4.5/5 Stars ****'

Well done for a low budget movie, and this was apparently director John Sayles's first movie! This movie is all about the dialogue and character interactions, so don't expect too much action or cinematography or anything of that nature. Apparently the 1983 movie The Big Chill was almost completely based off of this one, so if you liked it you will probably like the original.

Mentionable Mashup of the Week = 'Sprawl Of Glass' by The Hood Internet (2011)

This week's mentionable mashup goes to Sprawl Of Glass, by mashup artist The Hood Internet. This mashup features modern indie rock band Arcade Fire and their 2010 song Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) versus Blondie and their 1979 hit Heart Of Glass. If you like what you hear you can check out this song and more by The Hood Internet at the website HERE.

Brief Review for BBC-Series 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)' by John le Carré

TV Series (BBC series) = Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)

Writer = John le Carré

3/5 Stars ***

This 7-part BBC series was based on the John Le Carré novel of the same name, and stars Alec Guinness as main character George Smiley. I have not read the novel itself, but this TV series is quite good. It has its slow areas  but it nevertheless keeps you thinking about all the details and of course all of the names of the players in this complicated game of double agents and internal politics. The main plot is focused around the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service) and its highest branch termed 'The Circus.' To cut a long story short, there is a mole in this branch of a few top players leaking information to Moscow-central and George Smiley (Alec Guinness) finds himself in charge of the secret investigation . One of the interesting and revealing points of this story is how all of these high-powered members of 'The Circus' spend a good majority of their time and energy vying for position and playing political games with each other rather than actually doing effective intelligence work (sounds like the C.I.A.). If you are into spy stories then you should check this one out, but note there is not a lot of action in this series and its more about connecting the dots in lieu of all the political games.