Continuing on in the biography I’m reading about Iggy Pop, I have now reached the point where The Stooges are in the midst of recording their second album, Fun House, but also beginning to spiral downward due to cocaine and heroin use. Sadly, this story is not an unfamiliar one in music history, and it …
Well, here we are, the last day of a full year of making these posts. It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year, but the older I get, the faster the time seems to go. Since I started this site by featuring artists with connections to Detroit for the first week of posts, …
It was a long day at work yesterday but a productive one. It got off to a rough start, as we had to wait about four hours for a tech to troubleshoot some issues, but things were pretty smooth sailing after that, and we managed to get everything done that we needed to without having …
Wow! The Mega Millions jackpot is now up to over $1 billion dollars, making it the third-largest lottery prize ever. I’m not necessarily a big time lotto player, but when the jackpot gets to that kind number, why not take a chance? But as The Notorious B.I.G. warned, mo money, mo problems. In the grand …
Today would have been my dad’s 70th birthday. Though his life was much shorter than any of us would have expected, I was fortunate enough to have many great memories with him over the course of 16 years. I’ve referenced my First Communion before and the party we had afterward where my dad and a …
I had a buddy in San Diego who was a big Jethro Tull fan. He had seen them many times throughout the years, and he told me a fun story about attending one of their shows. If I remember correctly, I believe this was during their tour after releasing the album A Passion Play. At …
The Red Hot Chili Peppers just came out with a new record in April of this year, but it looks like they’re not stopping there, as a new album has already been announced for release in October. I guess when things are shut down and you’re not touring for a couple of years due a …
Whenever I get an email asking for information that has already been provided to the requester, the first thing that comes to mind is “now, reading is fundamental,” a quote from the movie Class Act. I loved that movie as a kid, though I haven’t seen it in a very long time. A couple of …
I was looking up some information about Madonna’s first album earlier this week for work. In doing so, I came across pictures of an unopened LP with a sticker on the front advertising the various “hit singles” on the record. Having not heard much early Madonna material in quite a while, I honestly did not …
Perusing around the web, I came across some articles talking about Ed O’Brien, guitarist for the band Radiohead, sharing his thoughts on the current state of the band. “There’s no Radiohead at the moment,” O’Brien is quoted as saying, ambiguously stating further that they may or may not do something in the future. If this …