Searching for Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, best know by his stage name “Little Richard,” passed away yesterday at the age of 87.
Category: Music
Saturday Spins: Tom Petty Extravaganza
We all have those “someone is wrong on the internet, and I must destroy them” moments. Some more than others. Recently, myself and a few authors and friends of this website discussed the genius...
Saturday Spins: The Traveling Wilburys
For the uninitiated, the Traveling Wilburys were formed in 1988 by George Harrison (The Beatles), Jeff Lynne (ELO) Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty.
Saturday Spins: Gram Parsons
This week my toddler shook my phone and out popped the father of “Cosmic American Music,” or as the folks over at No Depression call it, “Alt-Country.”
Record Store Day 2020, Sort of
Even though Record Store Day has been delayed this year, I am hoping that will be even the slightest distraction from the anxiety of these weird times.
Saturday Spins: Desaparecidos
What happened when the saddest man in Omaha decided to “make a rock record with the disappeared?” Magic.
Hey WaPo, There is Nothing Wrong With Making Toilets
Bill Withers did not escape a terrible fate where he was brought forth from the bowels of the world where the troglodytes and Morlocks dwell and brought into the sunshine
Saturday Spins: Wholewheat
Last week, the randomizer demanded that we cover Tweedy, a band created by Wilco front man, Jeff Tweedy with his son, Spencer. Not our first Wilco-themed rodeo either. This week, we cover a lo-fi...
Bill Withers Has Passed Away
This is impossibly sad news. Withers — who hailed from Slab Fork, West Virginia — wrote beautiful songs and never ever strayed away from who he was.
Saturday Spins: Tweedy
After raging against the currently non-functioning machine last week, we forge ever onward with more music this week on Saturday Spins. Apparently the Discogs randomizer is a cruel mistress, and really wants me to...
Songs! A Song From Your Preteen Years
We haven’t done one of these for a long time, but here goes: This week’s prompt is “A song from your preteen years”.
Saturday Spins: Evil Empire
I left it to my three year old…using her Unicorn pointer, she selected an album that features an early photo of former Presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg.
Saturday Spins: Steve Miller Band
There is still a tinge of psychedelia in many of these songs, but the full on white boy blues sound is definitely dominant.
Saturday Spins: Wilco Schmilco
Folks, not sure how I can carry on after covering the perfect album last week, but I am a slave to the Discogs randomizer. This week, I’ll be covering another release from dad-rock titans,...
Jay Sekulow’s Vanity Band
Jay Sekulow is one of the most powerful & influential attorneys in the nation. He also has a vanity band, which is, in my humble opinion, quite good.
Ryan Adams, Fandom, and Tolerating Bad Behavior
The problem with fandom is that we often expect more than we should out of the people we are fans of. Where does one draw the line with their support?
The Original Or The Cover: “The Passenger”
Who did “The Passenger” better: Iggy Pop vs Siouxsie and the Banshees. And Iggy votes for the Banshees.
Non-Traditional Christmas Songs for Consideration
Before you break out the Bing Crosby or dust off the Michael Bublé; hell, before you even play one bar of José Feliciano or Mariah Carey…
