OT Advent Calendar (& Hanukah!) Day 1
Todays OT Advent Calendar songs are “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and “Moaz Tzur,” also known as “Rock of Ages.”
Category: Music
The Parable of The Beatles: Get Back
Peter Jackson treats “The Beatles: Get Back” as close to unfiltered as a project that might be the most digitally filtered ever can be.
Why Rolling Stone’s List of Greatest Songs Ever Doesn’t Suck
When Rolling Stone came out with its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the first reaction of shock was replaced a gut feel that…well…
Albums That Changed Everything versus Albums That You Can Still Listen To
Pitchfork has recently gone back and changed a handful of reviews of old albums where they deem the reviews need updating.
Heavenly! (Mystery Symphony)
This week, we examine another work that sounds even more like late Mozart. “Sounds like late Mozart” is high praise. For anyone.
Heavenly! Schubert’s 5th Symphony
Sometimes it’s nice hearing something comfortable! Schubert’s 5th Symphony breaks no new ground. It is Mozart in drag. But works for me.
Weekend Plans Post: Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come came and went and there were a bunch of bands that did their best to sound like Led Zep. Hey, it’s not like Zeppelin is putting out any new albums.
ZZ Top Bassist Dusty Hill, Dead at 72
Dusty Hill, the long-time bassist and vocalist for legendary band ZZ Top, died in his sleep at the age of 72.
Saturday Spins: Chris Bell’s I Am the Cosmos
As some critics say, one can tell that Big Star was definitely all Chris Bell, and you can definitely hear that on I Am the Cosmos
Sound & Fury: 130 Miles to Eden with Sturgill Simpson
Sound & Fury brings both in decadent and luscious portions, but ebbs and flows while delivering its heretical musical sermon.
“Weird Al” Yankovic: A Gift To Humanity
What makes “Weird Al” Yankovic so amazing is that he largely avoids politics, is genuinely charming in interviews, and treats his fans well.
A Father’s Day Sunday Spins: Dad’s Old Records
Without further ado, and in no particular order, I present to you The Ordinary Times Father’s Day Spin, 2021 told by our contributors
Paciencia Y Fe: In The Heights Is The Movie I’ve Been Waiting A Lifetime For
In the Heights isn’t just the movie of the year to me, or of the summer, but its perhaps the movie of my lifetime that I’ve been waiting for
Saturday Spins: Ghost
This week we take a trip to the deeper south by way of Sweden with Ghost, a band that has a satanic cult concept, but an arena rock sound
Saturday Spins: Slobberbone
Slobberbone is an excellent band, and your knowledge of them will instantly make you cooler than anyone else you know
Saturday Spins: Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
Expanding into a more pop-rock sound, Aaron Lee Tasjan has endlessly catchy songs in the vein of Tom Petty, ELO, and The Traveling Wilburys.
Saturday Spins: Soundtracks Vol 2 O Brother, Where Art Thou
If we are talkin’ Coen Brothers soundtracks, O Brother, Where Art Thou is second only to The Big Lebowski.
Sunday Spins Part 2: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2
Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 is not a double-LP like Vol 1, and it has been pared down in scope, but it still slaps.
Saturday Spins Part 1: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1
20 tracks of reinvented Sturgill Simpson and Sunday Valley songs, because Sturgill Simpson is a bit of a cosmic gift to country music.
A Good, Old Fashioned, All-American Satanic Panic
That’s the beauty of a good Satanic Panic. Like all good conspiracy theories, all proof against it is really proof that it is real.
