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So You Wanna Be a Rock Star?

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Consider, for a moment, Kristin Hersh and the band she formed in the eighties, Throwing Muses. Two things happened recently that made me think of Kristin and her aforementioned band. One was the release of the Breeders latest album, and the other was a conversation I had with a co-worker regarding Throwing Muses, my borderline [...]

Three (For Now) Other Albums From ’82

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

There’s lots of hype right now around the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. OK, so the album sold gazillions, produced 800 top ten singles, including “Billy Jean”, “Beat It”, et al. Aside from the obvious and easy digs on Jackson’s tendency towards child diddling, let’s be realistic: this is nothing more than a last [...]

Shooter, Elvis and the Jack of Hearts

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Yeah, I got this blog title from a track off of Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” album.  It’s appropriate, though, because I’ll be talking about Dylan later on.  So, this past weekend I took a road trip to Milwaukee to see Shooter Jennings play a club called The Rave.  It looked a hell of [...]

What?

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Why didn’t anyone tell me that Dinosaur Jr. was back? Watch this five or six times and realize that good music is still out there: Been There All The Time

I’m a Rocketman!

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

From CNN.com: Island Christian Leaders: Ban Elton John PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) — Pop singer Elton John should be banned from performing at a jazz festival in Tobago because his homosexuality could influence young people, some Christian leaders on the Caribbean island said Monday. A group of Christian churches have failed to persuade the [...]

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