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Listening Booth: Mister Fusty, “Honest Blundering” (2006)
Mister Fusty – Honest Blundering (2006)purchase this album (CD Baby) Review by Jamie Lyon Back in 2000, when Damon Gough released the first Badly Drawn Boy disc The Hour of Bewilderbeast, much was made
Read More »CHART ATTACK! #24: 3/23/85
Note from Jason: It’s Friday and I’m a lame writer this month, which can only mean one thing: another guest-written CHART ATTACK! This week’s entry is written by our good buddy Carlos Ramirez. Carlos
Read More »"i’ve been sleeping twenty years or more / i remember a long time ago…"
In 1988, after four years of dormancy and a record label change, DEVO unleashed Total DEVO upon the spuds and spudettes of the world. As a huge DEVO-tee since the early ’80s, I was
Read More »Lonely Planet Blog
Heya, we’re all over at Kurt’s house, jawin’ about music. Come join us! And yes, I brought up Jobriath. Print
Read More »Van-A-Day: “Moondance” (1970)
Moondance (1970)purchase this album (Amazon) The Background: The AMG’s Jason Ankeny refers to it as “the yang to Astral Weeks‘ yin,” and that’s about right — loosely speaking, this set is another paean to
Read More »Adventures Through The Mines Of Mellow Gold 25
Greetings to you, Mellow Gold-ians, and thank you for your patience as I manage my absolutely wiggidy-whack schedule. We’re back, and wimpier than ever! (Well, maybe not ever, but still…pretty wimpy.) I threw you
Read More »Mellodelay!
Between performances of my show and rehearsals for the next Evil Prince Ludwig gig at the Bitter End, I have had precious little time for writing. My hope is to get Mellow Gold up
Read More »"you treated me like your doormat / and walked all over my heart"
Despite becoming a homeowner this year, I’ve discovered that I still owe taxes…so much for all those huge deductions. When I need a quick infusion of cash, the first thing I do is flip
Read More »The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slayer
[Jefito’s Note: Nope, this isn’t a joke — welcome to The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Slayer, written by none other than reader harmolodic, who you may remember as the author of last year’s three-part
Read More »The Cassingle Vault: The U-Krew, “Ugly”
The U-Krew – Ugly (1990) Here’s where good old-fashioned civic pride intersects with bad music. The U-Krew, an act I’ll be surprised if any of you remember, had a #28 hit on the Billboard
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