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”
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”
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”
If you would have asked me around 2009, I would have told you the coolest sound you’d find on radio would be the static, the type that could be sonically assimilated with guitar feedback. I kept my CD book and Discman with me on every bus trip, as I did on my trip from Colorado, … Read more“Selecting Two Indie Rock Classics for an Autumn Night”
It surprised me immensely, as, I imagine it would a lot of people, to learn that Nirvana did not win “Best New Artist” at the 1992 Grammys [1]. It was “the dude who wrote ‘Walking in Memphis,’” as a lot of people might have referred to him, the epitome of one-hit-wonder, Cleveland-born and New-York-based Marc … Read more“How Much More Famous Would Marc Cohn Be if Not for the Grunge Explosion?”
It seems that, for So Cal alt-pop star Beck, there were strong trade winds blowing him home following his “sea change” [1]. 2005 brought Guero, an immediately more auspicious development from the unconscionably down and somber Sea Change. The lead single was called “Girl”; and, over cheery chords and a funky, delicious beat from The … Read more“How Do We Ensure Full Props to Beck’s Two Four-Star Albums of the 2000s?”
I’m sorry, Miss Swift, for your astronomical ebb in level of attractiveness. Certainly, it’s hard to believe you’re the same person who once sang, with the utmost confidence and vitriolic fervor, “We are never ever ever / Getting baaaack togetherrrrrr!” (Of course, it’s equally hard to believe you’d completely abandon country music, your initial meal … Read more“A Love Letter to Taylor Swift”
The purpose of this post is to spotlight Eve 6 lead singer Max Collins and the unique contributions he’s made to the alternative rock world. True, in general, Eve 6 is very well received, by the listening public, if not necessarily the critics, and “Inside out” is pretty much everyone but the Scrooge’s favorite song. … Read more“A Max Collins Compendium”