Every now and then an album comes along that is just that good. I don’t know how it happens, and contrary to what they might think neither do any of the music […]
On My Turntable: Alabama Shakes – Boys and Girls
From the Stacks: The Black Crowes – Amorica
1994’s Amorica was the Black Crowes’s third album, following the multiplatinum success of Shake Your Money Maker and The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. Unfortunately by 1994 the Robinson brothers’ brand of revival […]
From the Stacks: Dennis Duke Guns It With…Gangster’s Heaven Baloo
When Bedazzlers are outlawed, only outlaws will have Bedazzlers. Please welcome Dennis Duke to the Bad Album Cover Hall Of Fame.
From the Stacks: Rusty Warren – Knockers Up!
Well said, Mr. Warren, well said. And congratulations on your induction into the Bad Album Cover Hall Of Fame.
From The Stacks: Ariel – Starbody EP
I picked this up for a buck at a local record store figuring that it would be a fine edition to the Controversial Album Cover Gallery. Surely an album cover featuring manga […]
From The Stacks: The American Song-Poem Anthology
Song-poems were a hustle back in the sixties and seventies that still persists in the form of various publishing scams. Here’s how they worked: Sleazy bastards placed ads soliciting lyrics in the […]
On My Turntable: Rush – Clockwork Angels
Clockwork Angels, the new album from veteran prog rockers Rush, is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word. The nineteen albums preceding this one enjoyed varying degrees of success both […]
From The Stacks: Nothing Will Be As It Was Tomorrow
Flora Purim has some pipes, no doubt about it. But judging from the size of that pigeon and which direction its business end is pointing there’s no doubt that nothing will be […]
On My Turntable: Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
Tenacious D is a comedy band fronted by two delusional fat guys who have no business being rock stars. That’s their whole shtick, but the joke is on us. Jack Black and […]
From The Stacks: Chastain – Mystery Of Illusion
This is normally where I write something. Sometimes I provide a little background to introduce you to an album, give you some sense of the artist and the music. Sometimes I make […]
