Dance Of The Mad Bastards

“What is the truth about rock music? Music is a powerful, and perhaps the most powerful medium in the world. Music. Plato says when the music of a society changes, the whole society… Read More →

Skewed Pop For Strange People

Just because I know you all have been clamoring for yet another album list… I love pop, but not the Top 40 variety. It has to be a little left of center for… Read More →

Kidless in Old Hangtown and the current state of Rock and Roll

The wife and I dropped off the kids last weekend at the grandparents for Easter break. We uprooted them from that area last year so it was a good opportunity for them to… Read More →

Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose

“Gonna trade in my snakeskin boots Gonna trade in my rhinestone suit ‘Cause I’m in cahoots with the ‘Artisans’ Who just happen to be my favourite band At the best, all the rest… Read More →

More cheese, please!

Here’s a question for you: in your opinion, what is the cheesiest song ever recorded? My vote would have to be C.W. McCall’s timeless classic “Convoy”, lyrics below. Makes me chuckle and cringe… Read More →

Rush: The World’s Biggest Cult Band

I understand why females don’t dig Rush. Singing about “the black holes of Cygnus X-1” and various other Dungeons and Dragons style mythology probably didn’t endear them to the fairer sex. And the… Read More →

Trouser Press “Motherload”…

First, let me congratulate my little brother Rob and his bride, Julia, who just found out that they’ll be having a little daughter! As a father of two girls, I can tell ya… Read More →

The Best Of Queen

In lieu of the Queen Remasters coming to a store near you I would like to take a critical reevaluation of the bands discography. The years I’ll be briefly synopsizing span 1973-1980 because,… Read More →