Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
I hope everyone had a great 4th of July, in whatever form it took. If nothing else, I hope you were somewhere that didn’t feel like the inside of a vast furnace. I think it’s safe to say that the wave of mid-year reviews has crested. I know some people have a distaste for such…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
This past week, I was on vacation. When asked, the easy answer would be “I didn’t go anywhere,” but that’s not entirely true. We went all over the place; we just never left the state. I’ve mentioned it previously, but even after living here for over 20 years, I still don’t have to go too…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
100 lifetimes ago, I worked in a record store. The manager wouldn’t let us play Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, and instead tried to helpfully suggest…Shawn Colvin. In hindsight, it wasn’t the worst choice. But at the time, it seemed kinda awful? Colvin just wasn’t writing stuff like this: And the license said you had…
Best Record of 2001: Day 61
Lovage vs. Unwound Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at records from Unwound and Lovage. Mike Patton contains multitudes. For every weird or abrasive track he’s been on (i.e. anything by Mr. Bungle), there’s been an equal number of straight up rockers, ballads, or smoothed out tracks. He’s also no stranger to concept…
Discussion: What’re You Listening To?
A Monthy Python castmate, Elvis, and several world cup soccer players all walk into a $100 million cage… It sounds like the start of a bad joke, doesn’t it? If I told you they were there to play in a 3v3 8-team single elimination goal tournament, all to the sounds of a (then) 34-year-old song…
Best Record of 2001: Day 60
Ruby vs. Missy Elliott Good morning! Today we’re taking a quick look at Ruby’s Short Staffed at the Gene Pool as it faces off against Missy Elliott’s Miss E: So Addictive! Imagine, if you will, a world where, instead of venturing to America’s Dairyland, Shirley Manson decides to make a record with, say, Tricky or…
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