Well, folks, the proof’s in the pudding, so to speak. Third Eye Blind’s music speaks for itself, evident, for one, in the uproarious sing-along of “How’s it Going to Be” I just heard last weekend in the bar where I work. The songs hold up, the melodies are still rich and fibrous, and the whole … Read more“Third Eye Blind / Conclusion”
Any meager, cursory glance at our culture in the world today should indicate decisively that lust and romance remain primary game for subject matter of pop lyrics. In terms of Stephan Jenkins, himself, he always seemed perfectly aligned with “pop” as a phenomenon by way of lyrics, which seemed to have begun, via his first … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory / Chapter 5: ‘I Want You’ and Stephan Jenkins’ Furnishing of the Romantic Relationship as a Spiritual Expedition
The surrounding buzz, the chatter, the drunken blabbering in front of the television at family reunions, get so prominent sometimes that you’re not really sure what you know anymore. People’s love affairs with the sounds of their own voices become the primary truth. So what do we know? What is certain? And, I mean, if … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory / Chapter 4: A Third Eye Blind Spree or Audit”
I doubt it will shock anybody into next week if I provide the distinguishing motif on Stephan Jenkins that he has handled acting as an interest and form of expression, in his life. He’s clearly a person made for the limelight — good looking, well spoken, confident and even given to a proclivity for drama … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory / Chapter 3: Examining the Potential for and Reliance on Drama and Thespianism in Third Eye Blind’s Lyrics”
The words glare there like smoldering embers of our own spiritual shortcomings as a species: “With the lights out / It’s less dangerous / Here we are now / Entertain us”. These lyrics, of course, were delivered in full shrieking howl, long, blond hair in face, guitar swinging and long-sleeve shirt inducing excessive sweat, by … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory / Chapter 2: Uncovering a Singular Sort of Drive for Calamity and Disaster in Third Eye Blind’s Lyrics”
Third Eye Blind was so cool in the late ’90s that even their record label sounds cool: “Elektra.” Not only does it sound like the name of a porn star, but it also doubles as a term applied to speed, per some theories, as would in such a case be documented by the Everclear song … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory / Chapter 1: Elektra Looms as an Eerie, Almost Derelict Phantom, in Light of the Hoop-La”
Is there room in this party for moral congruency? The possibility gets mucked up beyond recognition, like a CD covered in old, sticky Mountain Dew and stuck to another one for a whole week. It seems, sometimes, to believe in rock and roll is like a practical joke we play on ourselves. But then, he … Read more“Third Eye Blind Theory : Introduction”
It seems like, out of nowhere, everyone wants to have an opinion on Jane’s Addiction, these days. It also seems, unfortunately, that none of them amount to anything acknowledging of the band’s accomplishments — it’s all tearing meat from their bones, jumping on this occasion of feud and tour cancellation to try to throw a … Read more“Calling for a Perry Farrell Book of Poetry”
What if Jane’s Addiction ruled the world? Are you afraid that you’d turn gay? Did Dave Navarro turn you on, shirtless, in leather pants, noodling out some of the dopest guitar riffs you’ve ever heard? Ok, just to backtrack: the primary source of my virulent rage toward Jane’s Addiction criticism is The A/V Club, which … Read more“Toward Initiating an Apoplectic Hissy Fit about Google’s Jane’s Addiction Post”