Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #10 & #9 (Revisted)
Sean Murphy10. Kiss: Dynasty (1979) Okay, let’s get this one out of the way right up front. It’s not necessarily that this album is better than average (it’s not), it’s that…
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine*: Part One
Merry Christmas to me. So, a year or so ago I did something I'd been meaning --and promising-- to do for ages: I acquired a turntable. I knew it was…
Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #10 & #9
10. Kiss: Dynasty (1979) Okay, let’s get this one out of the way right up front. It’s not necessarily that this album is better than average (it’s not), it’s that…
Memorial Day*
I. I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Cyrus has never actually discussed his brief stint in the army that took him to Vietnam. On a couple of occasions…
Hubert Sumlin, R.I.P.
Another giant of whom we'll never see the likes of again has left the planet. R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin. I'll resist the urge to say it's the least they could do,…
Say It Ain’t So, Colicchio
After having the cock of one of the world's largest corporations in your mouth, there's nothing quite like a refreshing Diet Coke to wash it down. Right Tom? Ouch. Listen,…
See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me…Sell Me
There is a reason The Beatles are considered the greatest band ever. It's simple, really: they are the greatest band ever. After them, it's a fair fight for second place,…
Taking It To The Streets?
In today's NYT, Sudhir Venkatesh (author and Sociology professor at Columbia) contributes an op-ed entitled Too Down To Rise Up, In it he posits the intriguing, and depressing, theory that…