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Throw Beck Thursday (on a Tuesday): St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin? Plan On It
GMP’s James Stafford visited Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day courtesy of Jameson Irish Whiskey. Here’s his wrap up of his once in a lifetime experience. We raise a glass to Jameson for sponsoring this story. — Before I left to experience St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland I was warned by several people not to expect…
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On Diffuser: Comedy Records – The Million Selling Stepchildren of the Record Business
Show of hands: Who spent some portion of his or her childhood memorizing bits from comedy records? All of you? That’s what I thought. Did you know that comedy albums date all the way to the 19th century? How about that two have won the Grammy for Album of the Year — not comedy album…
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211. Two Years Ago the Seed Was Planted
Sinead O’Connor barely caught the tail end of the ’80s. I don’t mean the actual decade so much as the new wave/post punk/college radio vibe that defined my decade. When her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, dropped in 1987 we were already lurching toward the alternative ’90s, but the songs were good, her…
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On Diffuser: My Annual Tradition? Record Store Tomorrow
Regular readers (both of you) know that I’m batshit crazy. I deal with social anxiety and OCD among other bugaboos that can make mundane tasks into panicky nightmares. Having my routine disrupted is “five minutes to Wapner” time, and Record Store Day monkey stomps all over my routine. Fortunately I’ve found a workaround, and perhaps…
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Throw Beck Thursday: What We Should Talk About When We Talk About Guns
Love them or hate them, chances are if you were raised in America someone in your family owned a gun. James Stafford tells his family tale of firearms, and of the event that holstered his forever. I was raised in an era when two grandfathers was the norm, and they were known only as…
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On Diffuser: The Roots of Indie – Robert Johnson
Ever wonder how the devil got all mixed up with rock and roll? What about the origin of “The 27 Club”? Why does Eric Clapton keep going on and on about “the crossroads”? It all begins with Robert Johnson. Read all about it on Diffuser.
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April’s Picks: March 2015
April isn’t messing around this month. She’s packing 10 tasty cuts guaranteed to satisfy your earbuds. How does she do it? I have no idea. The woman has a superhuman ability to sniff out good music. Maybe it’s the beret. Are you ready, teddies? Let’s do it:
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On Diffuser: Filming the Concert? Leave it to the Pros
Have you been to a lot of concerts where this is your view? Probably. I’m usually in the photo pit, missing the show because I’m too busy taking pictures. When I’m done I turn around and there’s a sea of cellphone cameras doing the same thing. Why? Didn’t you come to see the show? Anyway,…
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210. They Come With Smiles
Los Angeles at night borders on magical, especially for a small town southern boy: desert heat, lights, noise, busyness, the glowing sky. I dropped the top on my rattletrap convertible and soaked it all in. This was home now.
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From the Stacks: The New First Family, 1968: A Futuristic Fairy Tale
The First Family series of comedy records ran 20 years and four albums, not including its imitators. The first one, released in 1962, had a short run as best selling album, racking up sales of 7.5 million. That’s a lot of folks listening to wacky JFK impersonations on the hi-fi. The New First Family, 1968 …
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