The end is near… for Not Lame Recordings.

Sad but true. The founder and popaholic-in-chief Bruce Brodeen is closing up shop at www.notlame.com on November 24th. This is the label and brand that got me really inspired as a power pop fan and music blogger. As a music resource, Not Lame was one of the best places to get all your power pop and related artists in one shot, but as the modern music consumer is shunning CDs in favor of downloads, it made business extremely challenging. But I’d hang on to those CDs, they are rare collectors items now.

 He recorded a special goodbye message to fans here. He is now promoting an online community, rockandrolltribe.com and new site www.popgeekheaven.com. I wish him well and look forward to his new endeavors.

Time to Boogie on NY Radio International

Tonight (Sunday 6/6) I make my radio debut on Dave The BoogieMan – Power Pop Plus Sunday radio show at 7:30pm East coast time.


LISTEN LIVE HERE LINKS:   click here or cut and past into your browser…
http://johnlightning.com/webcast/http: http//johnlightning.com:8000/listen.pls – High speed link
http://johnlightning.com:8002/listen.pls  – Dial up link (slow speed)

If you miss it, then you can download the show here: www.johnlightning.com/boogieman

New Year, New Look…

Today I logged in and my entire template was screwed up. I don’t know how it happened or why — but the site will go though a day or two of updates and maintenance. Sorry for any inconvenience, albums and reviews will continue as this site redesign continues.