"Hi-de-ho!!!" to all you hep-kats 'n' kittens out there, Tommy C. here, and thanks for keeping me employed for the last (over) 30 years?!?! Apparently, that's true, but I'm still trying to get it right (well, one of these days). When I'm not flying in the cockpit, it's the same ol' same ol': either watching the Patriots, Food Network, or 1950s sci-fi flicks on TCM, and if there's nuthin' on the tee-wee, I highly recommend "Mojo" magazine or an original paperback copy of any James Bond thriller by Ian Fleming (published back in the day by Signet for 50 cents each!). Now if you'll excuse me, Miranda Lambert is calling...
Tommy C.
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 13th
A Special All Birthdays Edition of the Calendar, chock full o' Psychedelia, Blues, Funk 'n Soul, too...
Classic Lunch: “All Live Outta The Archives!”
With preps for the "Blimpstock!" re-broadcast underway, today the diner dished out a menu made up of some of the artists that wanted-to/but-didn't-get-to hit the Blimpstock stage...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 10th
Making an example of The Stones... -- Jimbo on stage, full of booze!... -- Props for a Brit blues dude who played a mean guitar...
Classic Lunch: The “Needs And Wants” Menu (Part Two)
Somehow, someway, even before the pandemic, deep down you had already sorted out what's essential and what isn't...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 9th
Best psychedelic double-bill we've seen? Maybe... -- A first for Bowie ('n that's sayin' somethin'!)... -- A Blue Suede Birthday...
Classic Lunch: The “Needs And Wants” Menu (Part One)
The definition of "essential" is rather fuzzy these days...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 8th
...and America's most successful group on the singles chart is.... -- Remembering the guy that wrote one of the best Christmas classics of all-time -- A Beatle offspring birthday...
Classic Lunch: The “Two-By-Four” Menu
Two-fers from four-piece bands. Since there's already enough going on, we're keepin' it simple and straight-forward for...well, today anyway.
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 7th
Today we take a look at some really cool 1970's chart action (so different from today, it's almost unreal) and wait till you see a nationally broadcast rock and roll first!!!
Classic Lunch: The “Rhyme Time” Menu
For lunch today, why not a little less of the doom and gloom that we're getting (perilously) accustomed to...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 6th
Simon & Garfunkel - success!... Rolling Stones - launch!... Pink Floyd - mess!
Classic Lunch: The “You’ve Got To Have Patience…” Menu
It's the new normal. Which is fine by us...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 3rd
A beyond-impressive Elvis stat... -- When The Space Cowboy played with matches... -- One of the many reasons The Band was legendary...
Classic Lunch: The “We’ve Run Out Of Words” Menu
So it's all instrumentals is what we're sayin'...
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 2nd
A coupla '70's Number One's you can't do without, and R.I.P. Buddy!
Tommy’s Coffee Break Calendar for April 1st
Today, find out what "paying your dues" really means... A great but underappreciated U.K. rocker's birthday... A horrifying real life tragedy that still resonates...