Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

January 28, 2010

November 10, 2009

  • Pop Music: Remember the 90s?

    Pop music of the 90s was fun. While some view this musical time period as one of the worst for the genre, others beg to differ. (…)

September 29, 2009

September 28, 2009

September 27, 2009

  • Jim Carroll Watches The Earth Recede

    Published on Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 5:36 pm (Below, via his home in Athens, GA, Daniel Hutchens shares his thoughts on the life and work of Jim Carroll…)A while back I wrote a Diversions feature for Aquarium Drunkard about my “ten most influential albums.” I found out ten wasn’t nearly enough. (…)

  • The Little Disturbances of Grace Paley

    Short stories are not rock, punk or pop. Stories are the Blues. Most of its heroes are secret discoveries made from whispers and backyard myths. (…)

  • [MP3s] Something Different - Dance And Electronic Music

    The title above is definitely appropriate for this post. As you may well know by now, from reading this blog, that I am a true Indie rock/pop guy. (…)

September 26, 2009

September 25, 2009

  • Io Echo: Concert Review

    Although Io Echo has played The Troubadour many times, Tuesday night was creating quite the buzz. For this was the first time the band would be headlining the venue themselves. (…)

  • The New Worck 274 of Ome Let (Gourmet Unit)

    G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Unit! Gourmet Unit member Ome Let made some incredible minimix! From 70 to 160 BPM in 6 minutes! All styles included! This is the way the Gourmet Unit plays live! (…)

  • Re-discovering Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’, the album

    Punk + Pop + a good ol' 1950s vibeIs it okay, at my age, to admit I still immensely enjoy the punk-pop music of Green Day?I was not the target teen even some 15 years ago when Dookie was our soundtrack of choice on snowy Canadian winters in the Glebe.I remember trudging down 2nd avenue, a brutal wind chill, probably something like -40C, blasting me in the face, my eyes blinded by thick snow flakes. (…)

September 24, 2009

  • CD Review: Frank Turner – Poetry for the Deed

    CD Review – Frank Turner Poetry for the Deed Epitaph While taking a break from three consecutive years of touring, the folk singer with a punk rock attitude Frank Turner recorded his third album Poetry Of The Deed with Epitaph Records. (…)

  • Blink-182 Still Has It

    Blink-182 Even though Blink-182 haven’t really been much of a band over the course of the past four years since they broke up back in 2005 and each band member has had to go through a lot of personal growth, that doesn’t mean that their potty-mouth frat boy humor has vanished. (…)

  • Jackson Estate Settles Lawsuit

    Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s estate have asked the probate judge to give them the green light so they can settle a music lawsuit filed against the late singer. (…)