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With the self-destructive state of the music business steadily continuing on its downward spiral, it seems the fledgling EMI Music Group has turned back the hands of time for profit. No, CDs aren’t climbing up the sale’s scale again just yet – despite my white-knuckling the over 300 alphabetized collection awaiting in my racks. It’s seems vinyl records are making a comeback. ... read more |
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It seems the original co-producer and co-writer of Pacific Ocean Blue, Gregg Jakobson, is a friend of Foo drummer Taylor Hawkins. Jakobson wanted to somehow put the missing vocal track on “Holy Man,” and turned to the Foo. “I always said: ‘Taylor, you sound just like Dennis,’” Jakobson said. Go figure ... read more |
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Grunge rock demi-God Kurt Cobain bore an entire generation with such poignant descriptions as An Albino/A Mulato/A mosquito/ My libido, and he meant it. Only, God knows what he meant. Here now are the Top 5 most beloved songs with the world's most thought provoking lyrics – probably inspired by an autistic, strung-out five-year old ... read more |
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Since this column has been hibernating longer than Rip Van Winkle (5), I’ll give ya’ll a brief rundown of how things work. Like Glenn Close (6) after seeing an excited and injured soldier in The World According To Garp, I’ll slide in all the biggest music-related stories of the last week and thrust until happy endings are achieved for all ... read more |
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Fun, fun, fun. After years of litigation, members of the greatest American band of all time have settled their disputes, reportedly departing the courthouse as friends. Could this pave the way for a long-awaited Beach Boys reunion? Please, Jeezus, please ... read more |
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The “lush harmonies” Larry Dobrow is so quick to cast off were instrumental in inspiring The Beatles to produce Sgt Peppers and any listener with half a hearing aide can still marvel at their beautiful, intricate complexities. If Larry Dobrow can’t appreciate this than I’d suggest he put on Blink-182's Enema Of The State. They frequently conjure up the “voice in their pants” and rarely play anything that could be considered “lush” ... read more |
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