“Peak R&R”
I started listening to Sticky Fingers again, today. I think I got about 15 seconds into “Brown Sugar”; into Bill Wyman’s thumping, cathartic bassline, into Jagger’s wolverine, untethered yowl. And then it hit me. At some point, during Sticky Fingers, cognitive dissonance sets in. “Brown Sugar” is a song about a romantic escapade with a … Read more“Peak R&R”
“DD Review: Dave Helgi Johan – Unholy Hours.”
Score: 7.5/10 Anytime a rock album materializes that SOUNDS like a full band, but names as its moniker just one individual, “ego” and “hubris” seem like logical pejoratives to apply, a priori. Judging this music objectively, pretty much any listener would call album opener “All My Love” overly indulgent. The chorus is this long, awkward … Read more“DD Review: Dave Helgi Johan – Unholy Hours.”
“Tweaking the Radiohead Set Lists Like the Person with Too Much Time on His Hands That I Am”
Radiohead just this month embarked on what is apparently their first international tour in seven years [1], conducting a couple of shows in Spain before heading elsewhere in Europe, for about a dozen more scheduled dates. And I have to say, the TIME OF YEAR seems right, this time, as I could never abide those … Read more“Tweaking the Radiohead Set Lists Like the Person with Too Much Time on His Hands That I Am”
“Commissioning a John Lennon Combat Op”
For every action in the world, there is an equal and opposite reaction, as according to Isaac Newton’s third law of motion. What are the laws of consciousness? And when an atrocity is committed, is it the victory of unconsciousness over consciousness, like darkness over light? It’s control succumbing to loss of control, the consciousness … Read more“Commissioning a John Lennon Combat Op”