Today is guilty pleasure Monday and while I was tempted to review whatever noise Miley Cyrus just put out with the The Flaming Lips I decided to go back in time to 1999 instead. As many of you will remember this was a huge time for uncle rock bands like Creed and Nickelback who…
I want to go to Australia. So what? Everyone wants to travel to Australia. But I don’t want to see kangaroos. Or eat them. Or to see that crazy looking amphitheater (Opera House?). Not having so many handguns there must be nice but that’s not the reason either. I don’t NEED to go swimming around…
I love both of these guys and apparently they love each other too so I would be remiss if I didn’t write a few words about this Split EP that they put out back in June. I was initially disappointed that it was a traditional Split with each artist contributing three individual songs apiece. I…
Last night I went to a show where a hardcore band opened. A few minutes into their set I started to ask myself a few questions? Am I too old for this? Was Hardcore always this terrible? Have I just been limiting my musical tastes to a few select genres lately? I’m guessing there is…
Today is Saint Patrick’s Day and really all anybody seems to understand about this is wearing green and getting drunk at any time of day is appropriate. Is that enough for a holiday? I’m not sure. There’s no candy, no gifts, and no lights. Maybe if you get drunk enough you’ll chop down a tree…
When preparing to write about Springsteen last week I ended up watching several covers of “Atlantic City” on youtube, the most interesting from Greensky Bluegrass. This lead me down an internet rabbit hole that ended up with me watching this band play a live 15 minute bluegrass cover of “When the Doves Cry”. Needless to…
Last week I spent Sunday morning easing into the day with Justin Townes Earle. This week is the soulful Appalachian folk of Gillian Welch. I know she is pretty well-known so I won’t go all crazy doing a rundown of her career, but it you haven’t listened to her in awhile, or never have,…
Lately I’ve been listening to so many new albums that I was starting to get a little burnt out. I decided to just put all my old music on shuffle and listen to some songs that I actually know the words to so when I’m singing in my car I only feel 50% like an…
A friend told me that they loved this album and that I should listen to it. And I did. And then I loved it. Remember when things were always this simple? With anything from music to buying a new washing machine, we used to trust the opinion of others around us, going to friends and…
I should read more books. Every once in awhile I’ll pick up a novel and it will blow me away. Even if I’ve read it before, if it’s special enough I’ll spend weeks thinking about it. Sometimes it’s good for me, I’ll read Three Men in a Boat and remember that people have been laughing…
