Top 50 Albums of the Decade, Part Four (Revisited)
Sean Murphy20. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (2005) Mad genius? Compulsive artiste? Fragile chanteuse? Misunderstood icon? All of the above? More? Whatever it is (and it could be none of this), there…
Top 50 Albums of the Decade, Part Three (Revisited)
30. Sonic Youth, Murray Street (2002) Some might say Sonic Youth did their best work in the '80s; some may claim it was the '90s; others may insist they reached…
Right Down The Line: R.I.P., Gerry Rafferty
A considerable component of what made the '70s so awesome has, sadly, left the building we call Earth. And so it is on the unfortunate occasion of Gerry Rafferty's premature…
Top 50 Albums of the Decade, Part Two (Revisited)
40. Cornershop, Handcream For A Generation (2002) It seemed too good to be true that this band became one of the big stories in 1997 with their breakthrough When I…
Top 50 Albums of the Decade, Part One (Revisited)
Facebook friends, Bloggers, Strangers, lend me your ears; I come to bury the last decade, not to praise it. Actually, I do want to praise it, but I first must…
2010: Time To Die (Part Two: July-December)
2010: In pace requiescat! This one hurt. The spectacular career of Bob Probert had already ended; his life ended entirely too soon (at the absurdly young age of 45), on…
2010: Time To Die (Part One: January-June)
2010: In pace requiescat! We almost made it through January without a major loss, but then, during the darkest and coldest evenings we got word that the reclusive and curmudgeonly…
The Top 10 Albums of 2010, According To Me
2010, looking at my personal picks, (and these are the exact same ones I submitted to the annual "Pazz & Jop Poll", an annual endeavor of critical consensus conducted by…
Three For J.C.
It's a big day for J.C. In the spirit of Christmas, I'd like to celebrate J.C. with some...J.C. I'm speaking, of course, about John Coltrane. And I'll try to resist…
My Kind of Christmas Music, Revisited
Tchaikovsky Corelli Bach John Fahey The Who Chuck Berry a three-fer from Jethro Tull! Sonny Boy The Godfather Donny Satchmo Ella! (An embarrassment of riches here, here,…