This one is troubling, this entry about the British singer Morrissey, who emerged into fame during the 80’s with the mopey rock outfit, an undeniably great band, The Smiths. We have to talkabout that age-old question, more firmly in the public consciousnessover the last couple of decades than it has ever been: is it possibleContinue reading “#807: M is for Morrissey”
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#806: M is for The Monkees
No music is more indelibly etchedin memory from my childhood than the music from Elton John, The Beatles, and The Monkees. For the first of theseI have my cousins to thank, and my dad (for allowing me to order records fromhis Columbia House club) but for my loveof The Beatles and The Monkees, I thankmyContinue reading “#806: M is for The Monkees”
#805: M is for MGMT
The album begins with part 2 of the title song for MGMT’s Loss of Life, and overlays one of the most beautiful instrumental melodies I’ve ever heard with a spoken word sample of John Stewart Parker (a guy who is entirely absentfrom my google search results), and his old-poet-guy-style reading of a poem called “IContinue reading “#805: M is for MGMT”
#804: M is for Mitski
The first time I heard MitskiI was folding laundry. It’s odd that I remember that, but I do. While I was folding, I decided to streamsomething brand new, somethingI had never heard before. It’s likely that Mitski showed up in a curated list of “things you mightlike,” or, “if you like this, certainlyyou will likeContinue reading “#804: M is for Mitski”
#803: M is for Missing Persons
What could be better in the knownuniverse than alumni from the greatFrank Zappa band forming a new wavegroup? I can barely think of a single thing.Dale Bozzio was sexy and weird and provedshe could really sing, albeit eccentrically, her then husband Terry was about the greatest drummer in all of rock music, and Patrick O’HearnContinue reading “#803: M is for Missing Persons”
#802: M is for Mitchell, Joni
I didn’t really start listening to Joni until the 80’s as I movedfrom the hard rock of my childhoodand the new wave and punk of myteenage years and learned to be a moresophisticated listener. A musician friendof mine turned me on to Wild Things RunFast and I was hooked. I followed Joniforward pretty religiously untilContinue reading “#802: M is for Mitchell, Joni”
#801: M is for The Minus 5
Portland, Oregon music giant, Scott McCaughey, inducted into the state’s Music Hall of Fame in 2022, founder of The Young Fresh Fellows, once an auxiliary member of R.E.M., frequent collaborator and friendof Peter Buck and English rocker Robyn Hitchcock, has been over the last few decades writing and recording under the band name The MinusContinue reading “#801: M is for The Minus 5”
#800: M is for Mew
I haven’t listened to any radioother than NPR for decades now,and music television doesn’t exist,so mostly, I learn about new musicby sampling things on the streamingservice, getting a recommendation from a friend, or by accidentally stumbling upon something new on the inter webs, you know, in the way that everyone and their dogdiscovered Angine deContinue reading “#800: M is for Mew”
#799: M is for Menomena
Alt rock stars from my home townof Portland, Oregon, I must have reallyliked these guys. I have three of theiralbums on CD and the last studio albumthey recorded in 2012 on vinyl. Oddly, like many things that I love for a timeand then shelve indefinitely, I can’t forthe life of me remember a single songorContinue reading “#799: M is for Menomena”
#798: M is for Men At Work
I will confess straight awaythat, while I liked them all right, and appreciated Colin Hay’s manicpresence on the music videostation, I didn’t buy a single album from Men At Work. Recently, when my brother decided hewould not likely ever play a recordagain, he bequeathed to me hiscollection of albums, and the debutand the sophomore effortContinue reading “#798: M is for Men At Work”
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