While My Guitar Gently Sleeps…errr…Weeps
I’m going to try to get this post done quickly. Why? Thanks for asking. Because I am tired. I am not complaining. It’s my own fault really, but you didn’t come here to read about my fatigue. Still, if...
View Article5 “guilty pleasure” songs
Who is to say what a person should or should not like. You like what you like, even if the song has a theme that might be distasteful. Here are five songs I really enjoy even though…well, see for...
View ArticleWhere have all the rock clubs gone?
No substitute for live music I live in Orange County, California, and maybe it’s like this everywhere, but I can only judge where I live. When I look through the music listings in our alternative...
View ArticleTis the season? Already?
The CD player in my car does not work and I recently bought a new generation iPod that doesn’t have an outboard speaker like my previous one. This leaves me in the unfortunate situation of listening to...
View ArticlePop is musical junk food
What this is to the body, pop music is to my soul. With this being Thanksgiving week, I figured I would roll out a series of columns comparing music to food. Now, I could wax poetic (or something like...
View ArticleThe musical meal: “starters”
Reggae, surf, and jazz are all like this soup: appealing but not always enough to make a meal. Yesterday, I wrote about how in the simile of music as food, pop music is junk food. Today, we move onto...
View ArticleThe musical meal: “entrees”
We’ve covered both snacks and starters, and now we get to the main course of our musical meal. This is the music that I can listen to anytime and be completely satisfied. My musical main course...
View ArticleThe musical meal: “dessert”
Trashy and garage rock are like this delicious pie. You know you shouldn’t, but you just can’t help yourself. If you’re anything like me, you enjoy the dinner, but you really look forward to the...
View ArticleSongs for Black Friday: I’m Broke
A lot of people will have this view on Black Friday Well, it’s Black Friday, which in the U.S. means that people go out and spend tons of money…even if they don’t really have it to spend and put it all...
View ArticleWhat do you get for that person you don’t like? The Smiths Complete.
If you get this from me, it’s not because I think the world of you. While browsing the internet earlier today, an ad flashed on my screen announcing The Smiths Complete. OK, so this box set was...
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