R.I.P., Bert Jansch
Sean MurphySad new from the wire: guitar legend Bert Jansch has passed away (another casualty of The Big C). Story here. My introduction to his work was, presumably like many punks my…
You can have my cassette tape when you pry it from my cold, dead hands…
Well, if we weren't offiicially in the 21st Century yet, we certainly are now. Less than a year after we bid a not-so-fond adieu to the Sony Walkman, now cassettes…
So…what are you listening to?
Check this out: In order to write about music you need to hear it first. In order to hear the music you need to know about it. Sounds simple, and…
If I Could Wave My Magic Wand…(Revisited)
It was twenty years ago today... No, seriously. Twenty years. Fall semester (because the world was still measured in summers and semesters), sophomore year. Out of all the indelible memories…
Lighting The Night: For Herbie, My Brother and Someone You Love (Revisited)
First of all, just stop and listen to this: Maybe you're hearing that for the first time and thinking, like I did about a decade or so when I was…
We’ll Always Have Pedro…
Yes, that hurt. I mean, I shelled out the necessary cabbage to get the MLB ticket so I could catch as many Red Sox games as I desired. How could I…
Preparing for the High Holidays with Pitom
This 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…
Hicks Keeps it Real
ON THIS DAY On Sept. 27, 1964, the Warren Commission issued a report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
Ranking R.E.M.
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…
R.E.M.: The Greatest American Band. Ever.
Almost exactly three years ago I tried to settle a question many people had asked me (and that I had asked myself): what is the all-time great American band? The…