As I see news of more and more greats passing, whether it be in the world of music or film, I really go back and forth about trying to see some older artists I’ve never seen before live. A couple of considerations always seem to put me on a tightrope between going and not going …
One of the first musical biographies I ever read was called When Giants Walked The Earth, a history of the band Led Zeppelin. The book provided some good background on each member’s pre-Zeppelin musical past and then progressed linearly through the making of each Led Zeppelin album, mostly focusing on Jimmy Page from that point …
There are a couple of guys at work that love to razz each other about their taste in music, a playful battle that has been going on since I’ve known them, which is now going on 15 years. For example, one guy loves Neil Young and Metallica, the other despises them. I always find this …
Through the years, I’ve purchased my fair share of concert and sports tickets. While most of those experiences have been good ones, there have been a few that were frustrating to no end. Yesterday and today, however, may top my list as the worst ticket buying experiences I’ve ever had. After trying to get college …
Reflecting on my childhood, I was trying to think if there were any artists or songs that I listened to a lot that have been glaringly overlooked. One artist immediately came to mind, Eddie Rabbitt. My dad had Rabbitt’s Greatest Hits, Volume II on cassette, and I used to play the first two songs on …
Last week, I was notified that some work needed to be done on the quadraphonic version of Deep Purple’s classic album Machine Head. After clearing some other things off my plate throughout the week, I was finally able to get started on it today. There were a few roadblocks that presented themselves in the beginning, …
The band Porno For Pyros was a subject of discussion last week when I was getting some coffee in the morning with a couple of coworkers. I had mentioned how the first song I ever heard of theirs was “Tahitian Moon,” which was off their second record, Good God’s Urge. One of my coworkers then …
Fifteen years ago, back when I first started at the company I still find myself working for, my uncle bought me a book called Iggy Pop: Open Up And Bleed as a congrats on landing the job. Though I read it at the time I received it, a lot of the info has long been …
Since starting this site, I’ve had opportunities to honor some familial birthdays with song. If you’re an American, today finds us collectively celebrating another birthday and perhaps taking some time to reflect on our lives and the lives of those that came before us. I think about that a lot, earlier times of much more …
Earlier this week, I mentioned reading the novel Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain. I don’t know if all publications include this, but the particular copy I have includes a shorter tale called Those Extraordinary Twins, which was an earlier story written by Twain that Pudd’nhead Wilson was essentially derived from, as explained by the author …