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  • On Loudwire: Cover Stories – ‘Appetite For Destruction’

    Great album cover or greatest album cover?

  • That One About the Exploding Fireworks Raft

    [Unable to get a new story of liquor, lust, and primer gray Camaros out this week. Here’s a seasonal rerun for you. Enjoy.]

  • From the Stacks: Chris Robinson Brotherhood — ‘Betty’s Blends Volume Two’ (2015 RSD Edition)

    This is either really cool or a big hustle, depending on one’s outlook.

  • On Diffuser: Cover Stories – ‘Licensed to Ill’

    Listen, if you don’t love this album cover then you hate America. That’s just science.

  • Choose and Defend: Fireworks or Jack-O’-Lanterns?

    Independence Day — a time to reflect on the founding of our great nation by eating burned hot dogs and blowing shit up.

  • On Diffuser: The Roots of Indie – Scott Walker

    Regular reader(s) know that I am a Bowie fan. I’ve stuck with him through “Dancing in the Street” and whatever that giant mechanical spider set design was all about. I even own the complete Tin Machine discography. Come on!

  • Throw Beck Thursday: I’m Free to Travel Wherever I Want, and I Chose Alcatraz

    The freedom to move around, get up and go at a moment’s notice, to check out of our lives for hours and enjoy a funky day trip, is easy to take for granted. Don’t. Go have some fun.

  • April’s Picks: July 2015

    April’s back!

  • On Diffuser: Chris Squire – An Alternative Appreciation of the Yes Bassist

    Terrible news for classic rock fans a couple of days ago: Yes co-founder and bassist Chris Squire succumbed to leukemia.

  • 222. The Feeling Begins

    I was back at Cannon, though on the classier MGM-Pathe side of the house. This didn’t really change anything about the job — I was still in the same building, still working for Tony and Cheryl — but instead of a cruddy action movie this time I was working on a cruddy drama starring Jimmy…

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