
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Without question this is one of my all-time favorite album covers. Number 161 in the Hipgnosis Bestiary, 1979’s Lovedrive sported yet another brilliant jacket from Storm Thorgerson.
“Say, Tommy, let’s take TJB1 out for a spin.” “Yes, sir, Mr. Alpert! Where to?” “Doesn’t matter, baby, I just want to feel my new silk scarf blowing in the breeze.”
This 1983 album is a must-have for two reasons:
On July 28, 1973, the Grand Prix Raceway in Watkins Glen, New York hosted what at that time was the largest audience ever gathered for a concert. Four years after Woodstock’s half […]
Mom’s Apple Pie’s self-titled debut might just be the coolest album in my stacks. Not only were they a ten-piece funky band with lots of brass and a bad wah-wah who beat […]
Tres Hermanas in Sacramento, California’s Midtown District is to Mexican food what the Sistine Chapel is to men in drag and funny hats — it just doesn’t get any better. The place has […]