Ever since Johnny came marching home during the Civil War he’s been popular with songwriters.
Deep Cuts: Johnny Songs
Deep Cuts: Songs for the Beautiful People
Here’s the big mistake I made as a younger man:
Deep Cuts: October 1990
Some amazing music came out in 1990. By the time those little trick-or-treaters knocked on our apartment door that night, I’d spent what little expendable income I had on some brilliant records […]
On Diffuser: 32 Years Ago – The Replacements Release the Perfect Mess, ‘Hootenanny’
Okay, 32 isn’t one of your major anniversaries, but any excuse to write about the ‘Mats, right? Hootenanny was their second album (there was an EP in there, too, so technically their […]
On Diffuser: The Roots of Indie – Saturday Night Live
What the heck does Saturday Night Live have to do with the rise of alt-indie music? To paraphrase Bill Clinton, it’s the musical guests, stupid. For every One Direction that appears on […]
On Diffuser: The Roots of Indie: The Replacements – ‘Let It Be’
This is one of my desert island discs, and it’s also a very important album in the history of alternative/independent music. Don’t know it? Read all about it.
WIM Meets Diffuser.FM (Sort Of)
Here’s hoping that this is the first of many pieces for the indie music site Diffuser. I really dig the site and the editorial staff over there is great, and they love […]
Deep Cuts: 1987
In story time we’re at 20 years after 20 years after Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. 1987 was a remarkably good year for music, a kind of intersection for the […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Perpetual Fuck Ups
Sometimes we find ourselves in those situations where we can do no right, or at least that’s how it feels. I say the world is round, you say it’s flat. I agree […]
Deep Cuts: Telephone Songs
The telephone is a curious beast. On first glance Bell’s greatest invention served to make us closer, but did it really? Perhaps like the train, automobile, and television what the phone really […]
Why It Matters 