Gary Numan – Replicas – 1979 The sound is bigger. The film stock is 70MM. The androids are cleaner. Replicas.“Me! I Disconnect from You”, one of my favorite grammatically interesting songs from the set, is driving and cold and everything the late 70s felt like. From Ursula LeGuin’s “The Lathe Continue Reading
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Listening Post: Gary Numan – Tubeway Army
The girl I had a crush on as a teen turned me on to the music that would define my adolescence. Whether I wanted to or not, I was, because of Toby, about to become a Gary Numan fan. Over the years I pretty much forgot that she was the Continue Reading
OK GO. And an act of Defiance.
OK GO, the band that, quite literally, exploded the phenomenon of virtual videos, has run into a snag. It’s label won’t allow them to embed videos on blogs like this. It’s all explained here in an open letter from OK GO.and at the bottom is the code to embed their Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Sonic Boom
Kiss – Sonic Boom – 2009 Oh, Kiss, how long has it been? 10 years? 11? Really? Wow.11 years after the “reunion” album, Psycho Circus, Kiss is back with the Big Box Wal-Mart retailer album, Sonic Boom.Big crunchy guitars, anthem choruses, it’s all there. Gone are the days of chasing Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Kiss Symphony Alive IV
Kiss – Kiss Symphony Alive IV – 2003 You really gotta be Kiss fan to buy all this stuff, right? I mean, how many live albums does one band need? This is their 5th! Not only that, but it’s not really Alive IV because THAT was included on the Box Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Psycho Circus
Kiss – Psycho Circus 1998 Reunited. Repainted. Kiss.Opening with the obviously concert ready anthem, “Psycho Circus”, all four members of Kiss got back together, put the paint back on came in from the VERY successful tour and put out this album.It should be noted that, according to Wikipedia, most of Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Carnival of Souls
Kiss – Carnival of Souls – 1997 Here’s what this record is. In 1995 or so Kiss went in to the studio and recorded a bunch of songs that sounded like “the sound of the day”, meaning Soundgarden & Alice in Chains. Somewhere along the lines the idea hit Gene Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – MTV Unplugged
Kiss – MTV Unplugged – 1996 Kiss lay fallow for a while after Alive III. When they decided it was time to reunite with the original members they appeared on MTV’s Unplugged, a show I loved and truly miss. Unplugged was a show that seemed to really celebrate music. Sure, Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Alive III
Kiss – Alive III – 1993 Oh, Kiss. You masters of irony. The first two “Alive” records served an interesting purpose. Especially the first one. Alive was the album that pushed the band out into the mainstream consciousness. (This is the last time I will mention the augmentation on any Continue Reading
Kissening Post: Kiss – Revenge
Kiss – Revenge – 1992 The drummer died. On the same day as Freddie Mercury. You think anyone noticed? Was there an internationally televised concert for Eric Carr? The one-time foxman? No. But I’ve always remember that day because a LOT of people on Prodigy made sure that Queen fans Continue Reading