Just finished this fascinating book by George Case. Highly recommend it as a breezy summer read. “Take a trip through rock ‘n’ roll’s haziest, craziest period, beginning with the Beatles and Bob Dylan “turning on” in a New York hotel, and continuing on through two-decades of wonderful, colorful, history-changing music. From psychedelic Woodstock warriors like…
Andy Shauf, “The Magician”
Dylan at 75
“Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow.” –Mr. Tambourine Man Of all the artists who have walked this earth, none have spoken to my…
Anderson .Paak, “Come Down”
Tame Impala – Deezer Session
Dylan LeBlanc
Best singer-songwriter I’ve heard in a while. Soulful and musically masterful. A great lowkey album that’ll sound great on a front porch in summer as you sip on a cold beverage in the breeze. A kind California country vibe permeates his songs. Sounds like: Ray LaMontagne Listen to his latest album, Cautionary Tale.
Three Movies the Oscars Overlooked
Though this trio of films received a combined zero nominations from the Academy, all three are award-worthy and worth a watch. The End of the Tour IMDb: 7.4 Metacritic: 82 Synopsis: The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the…
Top 100 Albums of the ’00s
1. Kid A, Radiohead (2000) Essential Track: “Everything in Its Right Place” 2. Funeral, Arcade Fire (2004) Essential Track: “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)” 3. In Rainbows, Radiohead (2007) Essential Track: “Reckoner” 4. Is This It, The Strokes (2001) Essential Track: “Last Nite” 5. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, Arctic Monkeys (2006) Essential Track: “A Certain Romance”
Top 90 Albums of the ’90s
1. OK Computer, Radiohead (1997) Essential Track: “Paranoid Android” 2. Nevermind, Nirvana (1991) Essential Track: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 3. The Bends, Radiohead (1995) Essential Track: “Fake Plastic Trees” 4. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) Essential Track: “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” 5. Loveless, My Bloody Valentine (1991) Essential Track: “When You Sleep”
Top 80 Albums of the ’80s
1. Doolittle, Pixies (1989) Essential Track: “Here Comes Your Man” 2. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths (1986) Essential Track: “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” 3. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses (1989) Essential Track: “I Am the Resurrection” 4. The Joshua Tree, U2 (1987) Essential Track: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” 5.…