Preparing for the High Holidays with Pitom (Revisited)
Sean MurphyThis is pretty cool. Pitom, a band I've raved about at length here and here, has released a new single (and video) in honor of Yom Kippur. The song is…
Ranking R.E.M. (Revisited One Year Later)
Out of respect for the post-Bill Berry content, we won't need to damn the last five efforts with faint praise. Instead, I'll settle on the Top 10, which happen to…
Burt Bacharach Meets the Brady Bunch…on Psilocybin
I've written several times about the greatest American band that never quite was, Love, here, here and here. Today, with summer not quite over, I have some thoughts about the…
Do You Feel Like We Do?
At some point, I promise, I will do a full blog analyzing every second of this song (the full, unedited live version from Frampton Comes Alive!). So be warned, and…
Flannery O’Connor read by…Flannery O’Connor
A few years ago I paid tribute to Flannery O'Connor on the occasion of a new biography (that I still need to read). Here it is, revisited, with a bonus…
The Great Gig In The Sky: An Appreciation of Rick Wright (Revisited)
Back when Pink Floyd was the first band in space, they remained mysterious, and cool, by being invisible. For being one of the biggest rock groups in the world all…
Mr. Bungle
Romney is at it again. You've already heard and read about it, right? If not, a good summary of his latest implosion can be found HERE. There is definitely a…
Yihla Moja (Revisited)
On Sept. 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
10 for NYC by 10, on 9/11
New York City would be unimaginable without jazz, and vice versa. Here then is a tribute for --and by-- several musicians who help define and celebrate the cultural mecca of our known universe.…
The Shape of Jazz That Came…(Revisited)
1959 was a watershed year for jazz music (arguably the greatest single year for jazz in all history–which is saying a lot). Here’s a taste: Miles Davis Kind of Blue,…