Back in the day, the long-gone Tower Records used to publish a free magazine called Pulse. I’d pick it up whenever I was in there which was fairly frequently. They always had a Desert Island Disc* section wherein people would write to the magazine and … Continue reading My Desert Island Discs
I have been a Skynryd fan for a number of years but for one reason or another never got around to seeing them. Well worth the wait and I have a number of things to say on various fronts. The Xfinity Center (aka Great Woods … Continue reading Concert Review – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
The last New Music Revue I did was on 7/1. I typically only do one of these every six weeks or so. However, a batch of good stuff came my way and so I thought, why not? I go all over the map here but … Continue reading New Music Revue – 7.22.18
Ain’t no doubt about it, we were doubly blessed Cause we were barely seventeen and we were barely dressed Ain’t no doubt about it, baby got to go and shout it Ain’t no doubt about it, we were doubly blessed Cause we were barely seventeen … Continue reading A Song I Love – Paradise By the Dashboard Light – Meat Loaf
“That’s the one for my tombstone. Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?” – David Byrne In 1980, the Talking Heads continued pushing the new frontier of New Wave/avant-garde/world music with the release of Remain in Light, the last of their collaborations with Brian … Continue reading Same As It Ever Was – Talking Heads (2 of 2)
I will here quote liberally from Wikipedia: “New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock. New wave moved away from blues and rock and roll sounds to create rock music (early new wave) or pop music (later) that incorporated disco, mod, and electronic music. Although it incorporates much … Continue reading The Name of This Band is Talking Heads (1 of 2)
“A great riff is something you know instinctively. It has energy and attitude and sex.” – Jimmy Page. Within the past few months and days, I’ve had conversations with Christian and CB, (Zep albums) and Aphoristic (“Kashmir”) so I felt inspired to put together a … Continue reading Does Anybody Remember Laughter? – A LedZep Six-Pack
