Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #3 (Revisited)
Sean Murphy3. R.E.M., Monster (1994) Several theories could be advanced about why Monster was not so warmly embraced, and why it remains the least-loved of the original band’s works. One possibility…
Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #4 (Revisited)
4. Pink Floyd, More (1969) Here’s another one that may not be accused of sucking so much as not being acknowledged at all which, we should agree, is even worse.…
Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #6 & #5 (Revisited)
6. Cranes, Population 4 (1997) Cranes should have been huge for the same reason they could never be huge: they were too original, eccentric and off-putting to reach a mass…
Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #8 & #7 (Revisited)
8. Fantômas, Fantômas (1999) This one is a bit of a stretch; it may even be cheating a little bit to include it since it’s not (necessarily) dismissed. On the…
Ten Albums That Supposedly Suck (But Do Not): #10 & #9 (Revisted)
10. Kiss: Dynasty (1979) Okay, let’s get this one out of the way right up front. It’s not necessarily that this album is better than average (it’s not), it’s that…
Forever Never Changes: Remembering Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee died seven years ago today (August 3, 2006). I not only am keen to remember --and celebrate-- his life and work, I also appreciate the fact that the…
What A Long, Strange Trip It Was…
Jerry Garcia, had he lived, would have turned 71 yesterday. I've never been a big fan of the Dead but, while I tended to disdain them in the past, I…
Remembering the USS Indianapolis, Robert Shaw and The Scene
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.…
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I've led, I simply need to recall that moving across town in the summer of '79 was…
Like The Dude, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Abides
Few Jethro Tull fans could resist the prospect of a new DVD with more than six hours of live footage. It’s debatable how many fans would be overjoyed to learn…