{"id":831,"date":"2010-08-13T13:48:40","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T20:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=831"},"modified":"2010-08-13T13:48:40","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T20:48:40","slug":"michael-mazzarella-soda-pop-gramophone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/michael-mazzarella-soda-pop-gramophone\/","title":{"rendered":"MICHAEL MAZZARELLA + SODA POP GRAMOPHONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SODA-POP-GRAMOPHONE-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-832\" title=\"SODA-POP-GRAMOPHONE-M3-Review-May2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SODA-POP-GRAMOPHONE-M3-Review-May2010.jpg\" alt=\"SODA POP GRAMOPHONE\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SODA-POP-GRAMOPHONE-M3-Review-May2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/SODA-POP-GRAMOPHONE-M3-Review-May2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>MICHAEL MAZZARELLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>SODA POP GRAMOPHONE<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/michaelmazzarella\" target=\"_blank\">myspace.com\/michaelmazzarella<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After establishing himself both with rock band the Rooks and as a solo act, Michael Mazzarella continues to fly below the mainstream\u2019s radar. Happily, <em>Soda Pop Gramophone<\/em> may improve his chances of reaching a wider audience\u2014specifically, anyone with a hankering for cheery Beatlesque pop, heavenly harmonies and a semi-psychedelic perspective. The package includes a book illustrated by Peter Thomas Blake, a precocious 11-year-old diagnosed with a developmental disability but possessing a genuine gift for self-expression. Blake also provides the narrative between songs (a second disc offers the music only) and his child\u2019s sense of whimsy suggests an air of idyllic innocence that pervades the album as a whole. In some respects, <em>Soda Pop Gramophone<\/em> takes its cue from <em>Ogden\u2019s Nut Gone Flake<\/em>, the legendary rock fairy tale that became the Small Faces\u2019 swan song\u2014although the series of vignettes that form the storyline holds together only loosely. Ultimately, it\u2019s Mazzarella\u2019s musical overview that provides the focus, with songs like \u201cWake Me,\u201d \u201cDidn\u2019t Every Day?\u201d \u201cMy Mind Your Mind\u201d and \u201cFlowers, Towers and Waves\u201d all contributing to the winning retro pastiche. A most imaginative initiative, <em>Soda Pop Gramophone<\/em> never goes flat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICHAEL MAZZARELLA SODA POP GRAMOPHONE myspace.com\/michaelmazzarella After establishing himself both with rock band the Rooks and as a solo act, Michael Mazzarella continues to fly below the mainstream\u2019s radar. Happily, Soda Pop Gramophone may improve his chances of reaching a wider audience\u2014specifically, anyone with a hankering for cheery Beatlesque pop, heavenly harmonies and a semi-psychedelic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,10159,70,451,453,452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}