Wednesday

The whole “cover songs that are better than the original songs” argument is one that I could probably have every other week and never get sick of it… mostly because, let’s face it, it’s a matter of taste argument and,… Continue Reading →

A few weeks back, Stillwater asked me if I was familiar with the Airborne Toxic Event’s new album. I’ve tried to listen to it multiple times and I keep getting hung up. It’s not because I don’t like sad songs… Continue Reading →

Some variations on a theme this week, I think. So… what are you listening to?

So… what are you listening to?

One of the things that I touched on last week was listening past the surface to hear the song underneath it. I mean, the person I was in 1988 would never, ever, have been able to handle, say, My Bloody… Continue Reading →

Punk Rock didn’t make sense to me in the 80’s. The bands that the skaters listened to sounded like just a bunch of angry people. Black Flag, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies… it just sounded to me like a… Continue Reading →

In 1995, I was one of three or four people who saw the movie Strange Days in the theater. (Watch out: if you’re someone who has ever avoided a post or a song or a movie after seeing “Trigger Warning”, know that… Continue Reading →

I’ve mentioned the notepad file that I keep my “for Wednesday” songs on before. There usually is a handful of songs on it that will eventually get culled without ever seeing the blog and, usually, the reason is something to… Continue Reading →

So, yeah, I still listen to the Fat Boys. They were sold as a novelty act but, honestly, they were pretty good and stand up as rap pioneers. The Human Beatbox is not Doug E. Fresh, of course… but Doug… Continue Reading →

We called up the doctor and the doctor said “no more monkeys jumping on the bed!” Wait, no, that was last time. *THIS* time the doctor said “your cough is a perfectly healthy response to the sinus infection you have”.… Continue Reading →