Can I get a hallelujah Can I get an amen Now that was refreshing. In a world of beats, where there are no bands and every record lives in a computer, to see someone sing a song with no special effects accompanied by a group of skilled players is a revelation. I’ve been overhyped. That’s […]

Chicago II – Spotify We wanted to get closer to the music. We grew up in an era where music came out of a small speaker in the dashboard, a tiny speaker on the side of the all-in-one record player in our bedroom, the muffled speaker on the front of the console in the living […]

Colbert beat Fallon. This is astounding news, since Colbert’s show was a disaster that required the hiring of an executive producer, and was an endeavor far from what made Colbert a star to begin with. Colbert made it on politics. Playing a character. Having an edge. And then he went on at 11:30 on CBS […]

Steven Wilson’s Benefit – Spotify RADIOACTIVE TOY Prog rock bands were kind of like hair bands. They ascended from nowhere and imploded overnight. And one can argue that the pretentiousness killed prog rock, the capes and the multi-sided albums, but unlike hair bands, prog rock did not begin with cynicism, rather it was an exploration, […]