They wrote one of the 10 greatest RAWK songs ever. The pretty much invented the fist pumping, devil horned, head banging arena rock sound. The lead guitarist is the star, in his outrageous schoolboy uniform but the real backbone is the Rhythm Guitarist. Without Malcolm there is no AC/DC. Just Continue Reading
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Listening Posts
There have been a few requests for some more Listening Posts and the suggestions are….interesting, to say the least.The project started when I realized that i owned Make Believe by Weezer but had never listened to it. And, with the Red Album coming out, I thought I would go through Continue Reading
the Guest House Part 2
Remember this? Well, now it looks like this: That’s better, no?Kind of beachy, no? It’s hot and I still have to do something about the grass. But, for the time being, lovely. Already had someone inquire about renting it. Too bad there’s already someone in there.
The Guest House
Oy.We are finally getting the guest house painted.It’s been a long time coming, but the change is gonna come.Beth’s dad and her nephews, Tommy and Aaron are coming out in a few weeks to do the back yard. Decking, grass, drip system, trees, a little oasis in the back.It seems Continue Reading
Listening Post: U2 Wrap up
So, thanks for sticking around, those of you that did. I hope I did it justice. It was a really interesting experience, rolling out records by a band that I had listened to but never really listened to.I tried to add video to the posts but, as you get later Continue Reading
listening Post: U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
And so we reach the end of the U2 listening retrospective. . U2 – How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – 2004 The more I played this album the more I felt like turning the volume up, up, UP. This is a crunchy album. It rocks and pounds and you Continue Reading
listening Post: U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
Almost at the end of the U2 retrospective…. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind – 2000 (buy it) U2 crashes into it’s THIRD DECADE of releasing music with this cd. Think about that. Their first four major releases were on vinyl. They have been making (somewhat) relevant music Continue Reading
listening Post: U2 Pop
The retrospective continues… U2 – Pop – 1997 (Buy it…if you dare) In 1982, two years after their monster hit, The Game, Queen, following the logic that “If something worked on one song, might as well devote a whole album to it, took their cue from the success of “Another Continue Reading
Listening Post: U2 Zooropa
Like most people, I imagine, I am very well versed in the well known songs of U2. How could I not be? During the 80s they were ubiquitous. U2 and R.E.M. (possibly the subject of a later listening post) came out at the same time, have lasted the same amount Continue Reading
listening Post: U2 Achtung Baby
Like most people, I imagine, I am very well versed in the well known songs of U2. How could I not be? During the 80s they were ubiquitous. U2 and R.E.M. (possibly the subject of a later listening post) came out at the same time, have lasted the same amount Continue Reading