Wow, talk about a busy month. I managed to rack up a boatload of frequent flier miles and get gold status at a hotel chain just from the last few weeks of travel. This has meant little time to sit down and write the entry to go with a daily post. Well, I’m sure I [...]
There were a lot of reasons to think the whole Wesley Willis phenomena was creepy. More than a few stories were written that even on his best days Willis didn’t exactly know what he was doing. Questions about any money he was making and where it went always floated over his releases. That said, his [...]
Best. Opening Line. Ever.
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I am very, very excited to have a new Was (Not Was) album after 20 years of radio silence. After a few listens it sounds as good as their old material. Sweet Pea and Sir Harry sound as good as they ever have and the songwriting is still sharp and funny without being trite. I [...]
This song brings back memories of sitting in a college dorm room playing Sega and arguing with floormates about who was going to run and get dinner. Of the many Ministry/Al Jourgenson side projects that popped up in the 90’s this and Pailhead were the best. Pailhead only lasted for one EP but Al and [...]
Trying to pick a song from Nina Simone’s catalog to feature is a fun challenge. There are so many wonderful albums and styles to pick from it takes a while just to narrow a search down to a dozen songs, let alone one. In the end I have to go with her live rendition of [...]
When Country fans think of Kitty Wells they usually think of “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” It endures as one of her best songs but I have always had a morbid fascination with her song “I Gave My Wedding Dress Away.” At first blush it seems like a standard broken-hearted lament but [...]