Ranking RUSH

Rush has released a new album, their 20th, entitled Clockwork Angels, and it’s a doozy! The review will be posted a little later, but I think it’s as good a time as any… Read More →

My Favorite Rolling Stones Song

What’s my favorite Rolling Stones song? Why, Emotional Rescue, of course! It’s got plenty of sleaze, plenty of danger and, perhaps most importantly, it’s got a killer groove. So good it’ll make a… Read More →

Official London Olympic Playlist

Not bad, not bad… Captain Algernon Drummond, William Johnson Cory – Eton Boating Song Elgar, AC Benson – Land of Hope and Glory The Jam – Going Underground Muse – Map of the… Read More →

Did you hear about the cannibal who passed his uncle in the woods?

It’s the prerogative of the old(er) music fan to draw comparisons to the bands of their youth when listening or critiquing new stuff. I’m not that old, a youngish 44, but I’m at… Read More →

Confessions Of A Record Store Junkie, Chapter One

I wake up in the middle of a pile of jewel cases strewn about the floor like empty vials of crack cocaine and wonder what the hell just happened. I’m sweating like a… Read More →

Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship

“With A Different Ship, Here We Go Magic has clearly and undeniably arrived at the port of entry to indie rock’s pantheon of top shelf acts – an utterly shattering release that anyone… Read More →

The Stone Roses

When I first heard “Fool’s Gold way back in late ’89 (or was it early ’90?), it blew my brain pan all over the wall. I had not heard anything like it; Bootsy… Read More →

What to do, what to do…

I’ve been worrying lately that I’ll run out of things to discuss on this here little blog ‘o’ mine. I try to do a post every 2 days or so, but to date… Read More →

Bitchin’ Reunion Albums…and some that ain’t

So the ’80′s are back, in a big way, eh? That most ridiculed of decades is enjoying a bit of a critical renaissance, and I couldn’t be happier, ’cause it really was a… Read More →

Yet Another Rant

Just as I start to think that I’m too jaded to be really and pleasantly affected by new music a band or an album comes along that restores my faith. I am now… Read More →