Simulblogged at www.popdose.com Last year I had the good fortune to discover a band before almost anyone else. Before they blew up. In the case of Jukebox the Ghost there’s still time. If you listen and love them now you will be in that special crowd of musical geekdom: the Continue Reading
Music Reviews
Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream
Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream (buy it) I haven’t weighed in on my own blog about the new Springsteen. I’ve sat with it for a while and I’ve read more estimable reviewers than myself. I’ve commented on the PopDose blog about it. I commented on The Screen Door Continue Reading
Listening Post: AC/DC Black Ice
Hey, guess what? It’s time for another Listening Post. Well, not really. This is just an update. Go back into the archives and check out the AC/DC retro from last summer. Since then the boys from down under put out a new album, refused to sell tracks on iTunes, sold Continue Reading
Another Monkey Mixxxxxxxxx!
Six Degrees of Monkey Love.Splotchy and Coffey joined forces to let the monkeys toss musical feces at the wall and see what stuck.Here’s my choices and how I connected em. 07 – If William Shatner Can I Can Too – Jeff DanielsLet’s face it. Actors shouldn’t be rock stars. (Throttle Continue Reading
The Septenary Monkey Mix!
Green Monkey is back! Splotchy has decided to bring back the vaunted series and he opened the submission door with one of my favorite genres: Power Pop.It’s really hard to describe the form. Melodic. Guitar Driven. Kind of emo, too. Better musicianship than glam, which is a forebear, but not Continue Reading
Listening Post: Aerosmith – Get a Grip
How do the boys from beantown follow up their masterwork? Aerosmith – Get a Grip -1993 (buy it) Livejudging Get a Grip: 1. Intro: Great. Nod your hat at the very tune that got you here. Nice.2. Eat the Rich:Oh, back to the big-ass riffage that you were known for Continue Reading
Listening Post: Aerosmith – Pump
….a template for how to capitalize on the fluke success of the first hit hybrid of Rap/Rock… Aerosmith – Pump – 1989 (Buy it) Here’s the way post-Listening Posts work: After I’ve made my way through the catalog of a band I back up my computer to the EHD. Then Continue Reading
listening Post: Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation
Run-DMC re-energized the flagging brand and they return with a mega selling album. But is it any good? Aerosmith – Permanent Vacation – 1987 (Buy It) There is something familiar about this….this opening track…lemme check wikipedia…it’s so….well, it’s obviously a stronger, more assured piece of songwri- Oh, right. Got it.So, Continue Reading
Listening Post: Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors
Joe Perry’s back! Does it matter? Aerosmith – Done With Mirrors – 1985 (Buy It) The band is “Done with mirrors”, they would have us believe. They like the amateur puns, these guys. In this case, we are to believe that they are done with using mirrors to cut their Continue Reading
listening Post: Aerosmith – Rock in a Hard Place
Halfway through the Aerosmith catalog we finally reach the ’80s…… Aerosmith – Rock in a Hard Place – 1982 (buy it) Joe Perry takes his big licks and leaves the band for his own form of superstardom. Anyone remember The Joe Perry Project? Yeah, yeah, but do you own the Continue Reading