Benefit gigs are great for a few reasons: they raise lots of money, and hopefully a good chunk of that flows to the designated charity; they bring together disparate artists that may […]
Deep Cuts: Best Of Benefit Albums
Deep Cuts: Guitar Gods Who Aren’t
Rock guitar gods go all the way back to Robert Johnson. The list is well-worn and not worth repeating, but regardless of whether you lean toward bluesy legends or fierce shredders chances […]
Deep Cuts: Math Songs
“Where’s the music?” was the most commonly asked question after my last piece. “Are you really that stupid?” was a close second, followed by “Can you walk and talk without falling down?” […]
Deep Cuts: Seventies Electronica
If the Seventies taught me anything it’s that I should be wearing a silver robe by now, and I should have a numbered bar code instead of a name. The future was […]
Deep Cuts: Music Goes To Court
On May 19, 1913, Igor Stravinsky debuted his new ballet, The Rite of Spring. People actually rioted, proving once and for all that ballet fans are representin’. That riot and the legal […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Grieving
A good friend of mine recently lost her father. There’s really not much else to say here. Loss is incredibly difficult. She suggested that I put together a “Deep Cuts” list of […]
Deep Cuts: In Defense of Styx
Let’s just get this out of the way right now: There won’t be very many deep cuts on this list. Styx is one of those rare situations where radio programmers have gotten […]
Deep Cuts: Top Ten Songs from Nic Cage Movies
Nicolas Cage’s career is a beautiful car wreck. It started off fast and wild, careening from weird to weirder. No matter how bad some of those early movies were he was always […]
Deep Cuts: Queen’s Dragon Attack
The intergooglewebtubes tell me that this is the Chinese Year of the Dragon. I have no idea what that means, but it sounds a lot more fun than Dick Clark’s New Years […]
Deep Cuts: A Listener’s Guide to the Chitlin’ Circuit
Preston Lauterbach’s The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll is a must read, but it’s also a must listen. The music covered spans a period of sixty years, and listening […]
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