“In 1967, rock ‘n’ roll was flourishing, the hippie movement was happening and pop sensations (such as the Beatles) had gone from being perceived as heartthrobs to experimental artists.” – UCR .. Now, it almost seems funny to me, a Beatles fan, that Ultimate Classic Rock would phrase it as “pop sensations… such as the […]
The purpose of this gathering of faces And multifariously textured sinews Is entertainment, the abrupt halt Of the conception of reality of masses, Millions of ongoing viewers with Limp hands in buckets of popcorn, Feet absently fondling a blissful cat and Manufactured faces on all the walls.
Certain components of this situation strike me as noteworthy; others, not so much. Take the hate, for instance: nah, he’ll get over that. They’ll all get over that. Plus, it’s tongue-in-cheek… makes for good copy. At least in the ’90s it did… it was actually radical then. But what cannot be overlooked is that Ugly […]
It started with this diabolically corny video with all these trust fund kids doing this walking-dance with their hands on the person in front of them — I think a couple of them were in animal costumes, too. It was the new offering from Sub Pop Records, this completely hot chick using a fake name […]
Ah, where to start… let’s see I’m pretty poor… the weather’s pretty nice out this year… I usually get in the mood for Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American around this time of year… I’ve been amazingly getting to sleep on a little snack and three Milwaukee’s Best Lights lately… life could be worse but […]
First of all, with this Black Keys band, no offense meant to them but I still can’t believe they’re HEADLINING the Let’s Rock tour this summer with Modest Mouse. That is, we’re talking about a band in Modest Mouse that completely took over the world in ’04 and did it with organic, original rock and […]
“No, I guess not.” “You GUESS not? That’s not a very strong answer. You’re supposed to say, emphatically, either, album purism is the only way to go with Smiths perusal, or, the sequencing, selections and superior version of “What Difference Does it Make?” grant Best… I a rare set of credentials under this otherwise oafish […]
Man, how’s this for irony: TOOL’s breakthrough ’96 album Aenima, in which the band laments the “Freaks here in this hopeless fu**ing / Hole we call LA”, [1] gathered some notable praise even from the LA Times itself. Aenima seems to have predated Metacritic, as I can only find scores for Lateralus and 10,000 Days, but […]
Rolling Stone published a pretty interesting story yesterday, which pertained to J. Cole speaking out against his own fans. Now, normally, obviously, rappers are happy to have fans and pleased with any attention and adulation that they get. This circumstance, on the part of them, was really no different — it involved a “meme” [1] […]
What comes to mind when you think of Bruce Springsteen? Well, part of that probably depends on what age group you are. If you’re gen-x or older, you think of him as almost like a godhead, in all likelihood, someone who represented the blue collar with honesty but also bashed out electrifying live performances on […]