Laura CantrellHumming by the Flowered Vine (2005) Since making her debut in 2000, Cantrell has released a string of critically lauded albums. Her fascinating background story (late musical bloomer with…
Jeff Giles
4 Min Read
The slacktivist tells it like it is, and more powerfully than I could, so I’ll just stand back and let him rage for me: Style matters. Substance does not. Reality…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
Let’s dive right in, shall we? First, I have an e-mail from a very reliable source (try Pete Byrne, the co-founder and lead singer!) that Naked Eyes are touring the…
Jeff Giles
3 Min Read
John HiattMaster of Disaster (2005) When you’ve made as many records as Hiatt has (this is his seventeenth studio album), you’ve likely broken all the new ground you’re going to…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
It’s official: my good friend Fred Wilhelm and his song, “Dearly Beloved,” have made the final track listing for the new Faith Hill album, due in August. I’m no country…
Jeff Giles
13 Min Read
You don’t hear their songs much on the radio anymore — not even on classic rock stations — and they’ll probably never be elected to the Rock & Roll Hall…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
1986…small town Ohio Elyria West High School’s Senior Prom! A date with my “best girlfriend” (uh huh)! And the song that reminds me most of this occassion? “Say you, Say…
Jeff Giles
3 Min Read
I haven’t written too many of these this year, partly because school was having its way with me from January through May, but also because there just hasn’t been much…
Jeff Giles
4 Min Read
One of the cool things about Tivo is that it allows you to add or remove channels at will. I know pretty much every television set has this function, but…
Jeff Giles
12 Min Read
Over the last few decades, American folk music — like jazz and blues — has largely ceased to be a genre of any commercial importance. Many point to Dylan “going…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Watch the video for The Jacksons’ “Torture”. “Torture” peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984.
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Behold the first official ARRRR t-shirt! I hear it may also be the album cover!
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Benja described it as “the movie of the year,” and I have to confess I didn’t believe him, but then I saw this: And I figure, well, if they’re making…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
You got your Chaka Khan in my Scritti Politti! Well, you got your Scritti Politti in my Chaka Khan! Mmmm…hey! This is pretty good! Chaka Khan was cooling off in…
Jeff Giles
20 Min Read
Credit Where Credit is Due Dept.: This week’s selection of Downloadablesâ„¢ is inspired, once again, by those beautiful, crazy bastards over at audiography, where the theme for the week is…
John C. Hughes
2 Min Read
While MTV has launched many a career, it could be argued that Julie Brown (the white one, as she called herself) was the network’s first home-grown superstar. By the time…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Dinner last night in scenic Milpitas with the Giacs, the Benjas, and a certain Goth Girl. BIG FUN! Click on Paco de Flaco to see pictures of the blessed event!…
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Cut from the Loverboy mold of rocking gently and non-offensively (which sounds like an insult, I realize, but isn’t really), Niagra Falls, Canada’s Honeymoon Suite (get it? GET IT?!?) got…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Two albums I think I’ll be listening to throughout the summer: It’s very good. I’m not a huge Coldplay fan. As I was just explaining to Benja the other day,…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Rodeos West Motion Pictures PresentsJames Douglas Morrison Formally of the Doors Musical Group. Now an American Cowboy Jim Morrison Poet, Musical Rock & Roll Legend formerly of the “THE DOORS”…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Billmon over at yon Whiskey Bar wants to make sure you wake up in a pool of sweat in the middle of the night. Sweet dreams, chilluns. I can at…
Jeff Giles
6 Min Read
Afternoon, friends — here’s hoping you enjoyed your three-day Free Time Bonanza. Lord knows I did. Between Saturday’s powerful deluge of awesomeness with the Benjatas and last night’s avalanche of…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Greetings, Videots! CAPTAIN VIDEO! has had a long, grueling trip to the 1980th Dimension this month, and to be perfectly frank, he’s a little tired. Rather than disappointing yon legions…
Jeff Giles
2 Min Read
Greetings, Videots! CAPTAIN VIDEO! has had a long, grueling trip to the 1980th Dimension this month, and to be perfectly frank, he’s a little tired. Rather than disappointing yon legions…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
Dinner last night with ¡ÂLos Benjatas Fantasticos! — it was a transcendent culinary experience, as always. The best steak I’ve had since the spring of 1999. Even thinking about it…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
I was all set to write a paragraph on this video, but I can’t. Just watch it. Celine Dion is BAD. Shamon.
John C. Hughes
1 Min Read
Goofy lyrics? Overwrought production? Histrionic vocals? Undeniable hooks? Yes, we’re talkin’ Jim Steinman today, kids. Would you really be surprised if I told you the writer/producer of such irresistibly schlocky…
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The slacktivist is really on fire this week: “You deserve an A” Private Property?
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The slacktivist is really on fire this week: “You deserve an A” Private Property?