Author Archive
A Rockin’ Spring Has Sprung
Tis' a busy time for the indie music fan, with the SXSW pilgrimage underway, the Record Store Day exclusives shopping list shaping up, Coachella warm-up shows are popping up across the west, and a release calendar which answers the question of whether or not some of the big debuts of recent years were mere flukes, or if the blogosphere [...]
Gridlock Isn’t Always The Enemy
"Fixing" the filibuster is a suggestion that seems to be enjoying some high profile floating of late, including from two alphas from the "Heartland", Senator Harkin of Iowa, and now (soon-to-be-retired) Senator Bayh of Indiana. As one who voted for Obama, and as one who finds himself frustrated at the impotence of the 2 branches run by "my team", [...]
Everything Old Is Old Again, But Updated
It seems that rock music has a 20-25 year latency period after initial popularity before it is revived by the next generation and resold as homage-to or under-influence-of the originals. Sadly for me, when I was in my late teens, crap from the late 60s was being regurgitated, so I had to endure bad psychedelia and classic rock rip-offs in massive [...]
Life Is Like Art Sometimes – The 2010 Music Calendar
NEW YORK (YBH.ME) - This being a great week for Massachusetts reactionaries, it really should be no shock to find that objects of indie love/hate, Vampire Weekend, have the #1 album in the country with Contra. Even so, I am a bit surprised they made it that big so early in their career. That said, the synchronicity demands some [...]
Ted Nugent Calls For Obama In Jail
Dear me! I can only imagine the backlash in classic rock and hard rock power ballad circles - not to mention among squirrel eaters - which must surely be aimed at Mister Ted Nugent after his Dixie-Chick-On-Steroids Anti-Obama rant in Royal Flush Magazine. During the interview Mr. Nugent said, "I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in [...]
