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Madeline Bocaro
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Madeline is a passionate and insightful music fan who has contributed to many books and documentaries.
Her brilliant blog keeps rock’s history and legacy alive.

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Her first book: In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
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Iggy Pop - Free – Listening Party
I was there! MY STORY:
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@iggypop #iggypop #iggypopfree #iggypopthestooges #iggyandthestooges
September 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Iggy Pop- Free
Released September 6, 2019
MY REVIEW:
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@iggypop #iggypop #iggypopfree #iggypopthestooges #iggyandthestooges
FREE AT LAST! - Madeline Bocaro
God almighty, Iggy is free at last!
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September 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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MY STORY about the album
GOAT’S HEAD SOUP
Released August 31, 1973
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#therollingstones #goatsheadsoup #mickjagger #keithrichards #micktaylor #billwyman #charliewatts #rollingstones
Goat’s Head Soup - The Rolling Stones   - Madeline Bocaro
In the wake of the Stones' recent onslaught of greatness at the time, following Exile On Main St., (and their three preceding classics) Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers...
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August 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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MY STORY ABOUT THE ALBUM:
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Released August 1977

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@iggypopofficial #iggypop #iggypopofficial #lustforlife #thepassenger #davidbowie #davidbowieiggypop
IGGY POP - LUST FOR LIFE - Madeline Bocaro
Iggy Pop Lust For Life album
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August 29, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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MY STORY about the song - HEY JUDE
Released August 26, 1968
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An excerpt from:
In Your Mind - The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono
by Madeline Bocaro

#thebeatles #heyjude #thebeatlesheyjude #johnlennon #paulmccartney #georgeharrison #ringostarr #julianlennon
Paul’s Song for a Friend: ‘Hey Jude’   - Madeline Bocaro
Despite Paul’s negativity regarding John’s new love Yoko Ono, in the lyrics of ‘Hey Jude’ he selflessly reassures his best friend to pursue a relationship with her.  John knew that Paul’s lyrics were ...
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August 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
MY STORY about the album
Released August 24, 1981

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#TheRollingStones #RollingStones #TattooYou #RollingStonesTattooYou #MickJagger #KeithRichards #RonnieWood #CharlieWatts
Tattoo You - Madeline Bocaro
Summer 1981. We were watching MTV, and the Stones’ new video for ‘Start Me Up’ came on. It was so great to see them again, and Mick’s moves were so hilarious and incredible that I felt an adrenaline r...
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August 25, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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A STORY ABOUT MY BELOVED AM RADIO
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#Radio #RadioSongs #SongsAboutRadio #RockNRollRadio #AMRadio #FMRadio #OnTheRadio #NationalRadioDay
RADIO DAYS – My old friend – the AM radio! - Madeline Bocaro
This cherished mini sound system was gifted to me by my parents when I was a nine-year-old kid in 1967. I became inseparable from it!
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August 21, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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CELEBRATING NATIONAL RADIO DAY!
MY PLAYLIST: Rock “N’ Roll Radio
With fun facts about each song!
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#Radio #RadioSongs #SongsAboutRadio #RockNRollRadio #AMRadio #FMRadio #OnTheRadio #NationalRadioDay
Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio!   - Madeline Bocaro
"Do you remember lying in bed / With your covers pulled up over your head? Radio playin' so one can see..."
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August 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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MY STORY: THE STOOGES – FUN HOUSE
August 1970
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#IggyPop #TheStooges #FunHouse #TVEye #RonAsheton #ScottAsheton #IggyAndTheStooges
The Stooges - Fun House - 1970 - Madeline Bocaro
The Stooges are on fire - their faces glowing - engulfed in a blaze of red, orange and yellow flames, generating a blazing heat...
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August 18, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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MY REVIEW of Sparks’ smashing new live album!!!
Sparks – Live on the Moon!
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#sparks #sparkslive #sparksconcert #sparksliveonthemoon #ronmael #russellmael #thesparksbrothers #sparkstour
SPARKS – LIVE ON THE MOON! - Madeline Bocaro
by Madeline Bocaro At the end of a smashing 2025 world tour supporting their 28th studio album Mad!, Sparks performed their first off-world concert – on the moon! Their live album Sparks Live On The M...
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August 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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CELEBRATING LUCILLE BALL’S BIRTHDAY!
MY PLAYLIST: We Love Lucy
With fun facts about the songs!
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#lucilleball #lucy #ilovelucy #lucyricardo #rickyricardo #desiarnaz #littlericky #lucyimhome #redhead #sitcom #songsaboutlucy #playlist
We Love Lucy! - Madeline Bocaro
Lucy In the Sky, Lucy Jordan, Lucille, I Love Lucy...
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August 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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The Stooges debut album
Released August 1969
MY STORY about the album: It's 1969 OK!
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@thestooges @ronashetonfoundation @iggypop @therealjohncale
#thestoogesdebutalbum #thestooges #ronasheton #scottasheton #davealexander #johncale #iggyandthestooges #60s
It’s 1969 OK!    - Madeline Bocaro
The Stooges erupted in a loud explosion of raw nerves and energy similar to the big bang that created planet earth. You might call it a natural disaster!
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August 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Remembering Marilyn today
MY STORY: Queen of Pop
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#marilynmonroe #normajean #andywarhol #warhol #warholmarilyn #andywarholmarilynmonroe #queenofpop #popart #popculture #60s #60sart
Queen of Pop! - Warhol's Marilyns - Madeline Bocaro
Goodbye Norma Jean. Long live Marilyn!
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August 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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MY 1982 CONCERT DIARY
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#concertdiary #nycconcerts #iggypop #klausnomi #IanHunter #mickronson #hunterronson #theclash #concertdiaries #rockshows #rockshow #1982concerts
MY CONCERT DIARY - 1982 - Madeline Bocaro
Lots of Iggy and Clash gigs! Glad I never did drugs, and that I wrote all this stuff down! March 28, 1982 – Ornette Coleman @ The Ritz Well, that was one of the greatest, wildest musical excursions I’...
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August 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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MY PLAYLIST...
Silver Songs
With fun facts about each one!
I managed to sandwich Stravinsky between Silver Apples and The Stooges!

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#silversongs #silverplaylist #playlist
#songsaboutsilver #silveralbumcovers #albumcovers #albumcoverart #albumcoverdesign
SILVER SONGS - Madeline Bocaro
An album with a reflective metallic cover can attract the attention of a passing boat or plane, if you ever need to be rescued from a deserted island... Here are some Desert Island Disc suggestions… ...
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August 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BUDDY
JOE ELLIOTT OF DEF LEPPARD!!!
Click here for more photos through the years…
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And read my interview with Joe:
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#joeelliott #defleppard
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BUDDY - JOE ELLIOTT! - Madeline Bocaro
Photos through the years...
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August 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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‘All the Young Dudes’
Released July 28, 1972
MY STORY all about the song:
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#mottthehoople #alltheyoungdudes #ianhunter #mickralphs #overendwatts #buffin #davidbowie #bowie #glamrock
'All the Young Dudes' - The Story of the Song - Madeline Bocaro
Real life characters inspired Bowie to write the future Mott The Hoople hit...a great rallying cry to all the dissaffected youth worldwide.
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July 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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THE NEW YORK DOLLS – DEBUT ALBUM
RELEASED July 27, 1973
MY STORY:
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#davidjohansen #thenewyorkdolls #newyorkdolls #johnnythunders #sylvainsylvain #arthurkane #jerrynolan #glamrock #punkrock #bestnewalbum #worstnewalbum
It’s Rock N’ Roll with Lipstick on! Remembering… the New York Dolls With L-U-V! - Madeline Bocaro
New York Dolls Glam Rock David Johansen Personality Crisis
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July 28, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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One Year Ago - We lost our beloved Ozzy...
MY OZZY STORY:
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#ozzy #ozzyosbourne #blacksabbath #crazytrain #ironman #princeofdarkness
OZZY - Madeline Bocaro
Our beloved Ozzy has gone to the land of Oz. He will be greatly missed by millions! My little Ozzy story: My grandma frequented antiques shows at Nassau Coliseum. One day, she saw a rock band getting ...
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July 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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MY STORY: Season of Glass
45th anniversary release!

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Coming Soon:
Listen… The Musical Universe of Yoko Ono
by Madeline Bocaro

#yokoono #seasonofglass #yokoonoseasonofglass #yokoonoalbum #johnlennon #yokoonomusic #yokooonoart
Shattered. Season of Glass - Madeline Bocaro
A glass half empty. Her dead husband’s eyeglasses smeared with his blood. The rain on their bedroom window. The camera lens. All glass. Transparent. A misty photograph taken from above Central Park – ...
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July 18, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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PUTTING MY ARMS AROUND JOHNNY THUNDERS' MEMORY TODAY ON HIS BIRTHDAY / Read here…
Playing a favorite song by Thunders/Kramden. OK!
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#johnnythunders #newyorkdolls #newyorkdolls #davidjohansen #jerrynolan #theheartbreakers #lamf
A MEMORY - Madeline Bocaro
Let’s all put our arms around Johnny’s memory… JOHN ANTHONY GENZALE THUNDERS
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July 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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ON THIS DAY... MY STORY: BLACKOUT!
New York City 1977 – THE HEAVENLY YEAR OF HELL
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#newyorkcity1977 #newyorkcity#nycblackout #nyc1977 #nycblackout #blackout #newyorkcityblackout #blackout1977 #SonOfSam #sumerofsam
NEW YORK CITY 1977 - The Heavenly Year of Hell - Madeline Bocaro
Alongside the decay and nihilism was exhilaration and cultural evolution. ..
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July 13, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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MY REVIEW!
The Rolling Stones – Foreign Tongues
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#rollingstones #foreigntongues #mickjagger #keithrichards #ronniewood #rollingstonesalbum #rollingstonesalbumreview #rollingstonesreview
The Rolling Stones - Foreign Tongues - Album Review - Madeline Bocaro
The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues album review
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July 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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ENO: Drums Between the Bells
This beautiful album was released in July 2011
Here's MY REVIEW:
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#Eno #BrianEno #RoxyMusici #ambientmusic
BRIAN ENO - Drums Between the Bells - Madeline Bocaro
There are moments of sheer beauty, passages of serenity and glimpses of other worlds.
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July 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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MY STORY: My Day Alone with Two Superstars -
Debbie Harry & Andy Warhol
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@blondieofficial @chrissteinplays @chrisstein #debbieharry #blondie #debbieharryblondie #andywarhol #superstars #warhol #thefactory
I spent a surreal afternoon with Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol
Before celebrity security and social media, you could have a quiet afternoon with two cultural icons.
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July 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM