Bob Dylan – Christmas In The Heart

Bob Dylan, at least in my eyes, is an institution. I have never heard a single album or even full song by the man*, and I could not recall a single line of music he has ever done, unless it’s something that’s been covered by someone else, yet I know exactly what his voice sounded [...]

Jesca Hoop – Kismet

The cover to today’s album has caught my eye more than a few times at work, and I always regretted passing it by without purchasing it. I eventually remembered the album long enough to go ahead and download it on Zune, then listened to it a couple of time and loved it, and then went [...]

Warren Zevon – Preludes: Rare And Unreleased Recordings

Ok ok, so I know this probably breaks a bunch of unspoken rules. For one, I JUST wrote about Warren Zevon like TWO DAYS AGO. For two, what I’m writing about isn’t exactly an album, in that it’s a posthumous release of collected rarities and demos and a second disc of an interview with the [...]

Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy

Everybody’s desperate, trying to make ends meet Work all day, still can’t pay the price of gasoline and meat Alas, their lives are incomplete Don’t it make you want to rock and roll, all night long? Mohammed’s Radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful on the radio Mohammed’s Radio These are lines from Warren [...]

Johnny Cash – At San Quentin

For some reason, when I started this blog, I told myself I wouldn’t talk about any live albums. Just today I asked myself why not? After all, they’re still albums, and I’ve been listening to a particular one all day to get me through a 13 hour day at work: This is the second live [...]

Violent Femmes – Hallowed Ground

I spoke yesterday of a band that is considered “stuck in the 90′s”, and on my usual whim, I decided to write about another band that fits that same description. The Violent Femmes, at least according to people more pretentious than myself, are considered “so 90′s”, and surprising for people existing in this decade to [...]

Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon

Now it’s time to talk about a musician who makes the Grandpa living inside me a very happy man. Since we’re discussing his “debut” (not actually his first album), let’s talk a little bit about how I got into Warren Zevon. When the word “genius” and “musician’s musician” are used with all apparent sincerity about [...]

Hot Tuna – Burgers

Ahh, pay-day at last! I am now the proud owner of a clearance-priced Logitech S510 wireless keyboard/mouse set, as I had typed up the previous two entries with some barely-working gear that came with the computer. Things should go a lot smoother now, also I picked up a couple of new albums (as in, recorded [...]