25 “The Ocean” 24 “The Lemon Song” 23 “When the Levee Breaks” 22 “Four Sticks” 21 “Hats off to (Roy) Harper” 20 “Hots on for Nowhere” 19 “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” 18 “That’s the Way” 17 “The Rover” 16 “The Song Remains the Same” 15 “Gallows Poll” 14 “Poor Tom” 13 “The Battle of Evermore” … Read more“Dolby’s Zeppelin Power Rankings — Top 25 Autumn 2023”
The “Nirvana Theory” I’m referring to here applies to a kind of interesting phenomenon which boils down, perhaps exclusively in art, to a “necessary element of impossibility,” as in an a priori impossibility, a problem rendered by preconceived theory and thinking. For Nirvana, of course, the “necessary impossibility” would be the delicate art of blending … Read more“Applying Nirvana Theory to the Meat Puppets’ Too High to Die.”
Just on Facebook earlier I saw some story about a radio DJ voicing various complaints about hip-hop and hypothesizing that the genre would reach a “downfall” in the next 10 years. And I made a comment on the post inquiring as to whether the FCC would completely abolish the genre altogether. What would cause people … Read more“I’d Just Like to Take This Random Opportunity to State That I Still Really Like Indie Rock”
Comfort’s made a mess, all along the fault, ripe enough to rain and once again the minds of the Califone arbiters race to goop in the waning harvest moon. It finally hits me to make a playlist of Wilco and Califone, their sort of sister group and fellow Chicago cohort, finding my Wilco selections to … Read more“It’s Spooky in Here”
It seems like there’s been a weird, conspicuous lack of chatter about Steve Harwell’s death (liver failure, per NPR), at 56, on social media today, so I thought I’d just whip up a little blurb in commemoration of him. Of course, the elephant in the room here is “All Star,” the band’s mega-hit from their … Read more“A Stern Bow to Steve Harwell, Late Singer in Smash Mouth”
Now, I’m kind of a dunce for writing this article, since in general my typical mission is to praise this band and try to highlight all of their underrated tracks and strengths that go unheralded by a dourly callous media. These, by and large, centralize themselves within the band’s third album, It’s All in Your … Read more“‘B.F.G.F.’: When Eve 6 Made a Kind-of Understandable Stab at a Radio Hit on a Comeback Album”
It seems like every year, there’s a whole new rash of simpletons mesmerized by the shiny object known as Nirvana’s music, them thereupon proceeding to act like they’re the only ones who truly “get” the band, and obsess over the infallible messiah known as Kurt Cobain and every available online picture of him. This is … Read more“Nirvana Was a Pop Band. Stop Calling Them ‘Punk.’”
The south side drag has two bars on it, neither of which gets live music and both of which play the juke box shmear at like 200 decibels, usually something pertaining to a girl’s “booty.” I drive north on Ironwood, considering going to one of the Mishawaka dives. At the Phoenix one time I tried … Read more“Apollo 19”
“Wow, are there a lot of flowers in this garden. And I’ve never seen so many ladybug-spotted umbrellas on picnic tables in my life. What pop star’s house was this again?” “Donna Lewis.” “Oh, jeez. I’m getting nervous.” “Hehe. It’s just another job. Nothing to get worked up about.” “She did that song ‘I Love … Read more“Police at the Donna Lewis Manor”
I’ll admit, this post is cursorily at best about music. I’m writing it really fast because I have to go to work in five minutes. When I moved back to Indiana from Colorado in 2010 I had only a vague idea of who the fu** Lady Gaga was. Everyone would always talk about her, like … Read more“Speed Post: Lady Gaga”