Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Why Do I Read TheRinger.com?
For some reason, I keep doing it to myself. I keep reading TheRinger. Maybe they have good art, or alluring titles (in fact, they do). But time and again, their content is a let down. Case in point: the recent “Weezer Must Be Stopped” article. I considered doing a point-by-point take down of this thing, […]
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Tags: art, criticism, Music, ringer, rock, theringer, theringer.com, weezer
Ranking All 87 Hives Songs
I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE HIVES at least three times in my life. That’s three separate creative endeavors where I drew direct inspiration from this band. “Three times” may not sound like a lot, but compare it to the number of times you have been inspired by a band, movie or artist. I think […]
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Tags: hives, internet, Last Jedi, Music, Pelle Almqvist, punk, punk rock, Ranking, solo, sports, Star Wars, the Hives, Vulture, Vulture Ranks
Best Coast Figured Out
I got it! And I knew it! And I got it. Explaining: In a fit of sudden fanship, I bought two more Best Coast albums. And in doing so, I’ve finally realized just what Best Coast is. Best Coast = Sheryl Crow + 1/2 The Go-Go’s (Nirvana influences – Anger + Fleetwood Mac). The Fleetwood Mac […]
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Tags: best coast, best coast records, great, guitars, honest, Lyrics, Music, musicians, nirvana
Ugh… The Beatles
I’m not trying to play like some sort of Beatle-hating Stones fan. I’m not. I own nearly every single Beatles album, several of their solo affairs, and I still sing a couple of their songs as my son’s lullabies, but…. Lately, my biggest music source has been my car ride to work, and I’ve been […]
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Tags: beatlemaniacs, Beatles, cd, cds, cheap trick, fab four, george harrison, John Lennon, lennon imagine, Music, nasty, Paul McCartney, ringo starr, satire, the beatles
Thin Lizzy Album Covers
We’ve all heard the hits, especially “The Boys are Back In Town” and “Jailbreak.” And we’ve all pictured the images created by the lyrics, particularly of jails being broken out of and boys coming back to towns. Music-loving revisionists like to claim Thin Lizzy is an underrated band musically, but just as underrated is their […]
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Tags: badass music, best album cover, great album covers, jailbreak thin lizzy, Music, thin lizzy, thin lizzy boys are back in town
“Let It Bleed” Enjoyed on Vinyl
I haven’t actually put a vinyl record on a platter and lined up the needle in probably 14 years, but I recently had the pleasure of visiting my friend Norman and his newly tricked out turntable. He’s a bit of an audiofile and a collector, which means he’s amassing (and in some cases re-amassing) a […]
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I saw two movies this week — “Argo” and “World’s Greatest Dad.” Both were well done, both were well acted, etc., etc. There were differences to be sure (one is a retelling of a real-life event, the other is a black comedy about something I’m not going to spoil here), but the main difference I […]
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Tags: argo, ben affleck, bobcat goldthwait, cinema, cinematic, dire straights, directing, director, goldthwait, hits, jams, Music, needle drops, rolling stones, tunes, world's greatest dad
