Ween is an alternative rock duo that started putting out albums in the early ’90s and, much to my delight, is still together and touring. They have not, however, released any new material since 2007 and La Cucaracha, the band’s ninth full-length LP, and I haven’t heard any talk of any writing or recording taking … Read more“Explicating My Consumer Guilt in Regards to Ween”
Clearly, the overall tinge of this post is destined to be rather dark, so I think I’ll open on a more positive note, just discussing this song, itself. It features as track five on The Sebadoh (1999), Sebadoh’s most underrated album and I’d even say their best. “Tree,” as it were, for me, taps into … Read more“On Sebadoh’s ‘Tree’ and the Death of the Romantic Comedy”
It’s entirely possible that “Red Mosquito,” track eight on the band’s fairly unheralded fourth album No Code [and of course getting the royal treatment on the great Live on Two Legs (1998)], is Pearl Jam’s most important song. Now, it being a great song, in my opinion, does not distinguish it in any way … Read more“Has There Ever Been a Song to Begin with a Guitar Solo Other than ‘Red Mosquito’ by Pearl Jam?”
It’s really pretty hard to complain about this “The Essential” series of compilations from any particular of various artists. I remember having a pretty good time with the Commodores one, a band which I had no idea were beholden to any quality songs other than “Brick House” and “Easy.” I used to have The Essential … Read more“Disc 2 of The Essential Isley Brothers is Your Laid-back Summer Party Mix”
I feel a little bit bad publishing this post on this site because it’s not really a musical post, at its core. But there are a couple of things I have to get off my chest. We’ve all, by now, heard people complaining about online trolling, some saying that it’s become basically the central mission … Read more“Untitled 12”
I’m starting to gather some steam with my vinyl collection and delighted in, with my last month’s surplus, ordering Miles Davis’ Milestones and The Strokes’ Is This it. The latter was an album I first heard when I was 18 and I think took a couple of spins to really ingratiate itself to me, then … Read more“It’s Sad but My Is This it Vinyl Sounds Just Like the CD”
I had one experience at the Dew Drop Inn and I have to admit: I’ll never forget it as long as I live. It was a bar in South Bend on the extremely, extremely sketchy Southern edge of downtown (on the opposite side of what’s closer to Notre Dame, that is), and held a comedy … Read more“Weighing the Pros and Cons of South Bend’s Last Comedy Bar Closing up”
A couple of years ago I got my first record player and I must say, I am quite enthralled with the vinly format at this point, with about 20 or so records in my collection. It was a foregone conclusion that at some point I was going to purchase one of the Velvet Underground records … Read more“The More I Listen to The Velvet Underground on Vinyl, the Less Appropriate the Songs Seem in Any Other Format or Context”
I’m writing this pretty soon after having a black gentleman angry-react to me making a Facebook comment about Bronny James’ collegiate appearance being poised to be a “cameo” one. Now, as most people would know, the reason why the son of Lebron James would exit college early would be to play professional ball in the … Read more“Inquiring as to Whether Eminem Wrote Royce da 5’9’’’s Verses in ‘Bad Meets Evil’”
So Metallica can get up and ROCK. Nobody would deny that. They can do anything any other band can do, pretty much, and in that way, they’re “good,” I suppose. But that’s also kind of the problem, in itself — there’s no sense of them forging their own musical direction. Like in ’92, after Nirvana … Read more“Random Metal Mini-Spiel”