Perry Farrell had a new band, and they were playing in the desert outside of L.A.
242. Came Home Last Night There Was Fire and Smoke on the TV
Throw Beck Thursday: The Complete List of Secrets for Men and Women to Better Sex, Happiness and World Peace
1. Leave people better than you found them. That’s it. . I was talking with my son last night about physics which, in the interest of full disclosure, I should admit is […]
Deep Cuts: Torture Songs
Holy Dick Cheney’s Situational Ethics, did Monday’s piece strike a nerve with some folks. A couple of sites have asked to republish it, which is nice, the traffic has been great, which […]
Deep Cuts: The Best of Not The Eagles
I settled on Not The Eagles for this week’s playlist because the James Gang’s “Funk #49” blared from the speakers of this week’s story. My goal was to put together a list […]
Happy Birthday, Wimbot
Today marks the second anniversary of Why It Matters. Last year was a busy one. Here’s what happened, and also what’s coming up:
Why It Matters to WAZU
Australian ex-pats Matt and Rizz set up shop in NYC a couple of years ago as WAZU, and the dark wave duo have quickly established themselves. Their new album, Robobo, is a […]
89. Radio’s On and I’m Moving ‘Round the Place
Summer 1984 saw the release of Bruce Springsteen’s Born In the U.S.A. My buddy and Camelot Music coworker Alex was so excited that he bought his copy down the mall at Record […]
On My Turntable: Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut
Oh, the dreaded reissue, the pricey box set. I’m a sucker for these things — always have been. As a kid I had to have KISS’s The Originals, though that collection was no […]
50. The Punk and the Godfather (Why It Matters Revisited)
This is the big number fifty in my ongoing narrative, not including the many sidebars and asides. This seems like a good of a time as any for a sanity check. I […]
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