Sitting on a park bench. Snot dripping down his nose. Both of my Jethro Tull albumsare used acquisitions, Aqualungstill has a price tag on it of $1.99. Aqualung, my friend, don’t you start away uneasy. You poor old sod, you see, it’s only me. And I want to know who has a friend namedafter aContinue reading “#761: J is for Jethro Tull”
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#657: C is for Coulton, Jonathan
Dance like they’re watching you, because they’re watching you. –Jonathan Coulton The first time I heard this guy, a fellow musician by way of comparison told me about this singer-songwriter’s project of writingand releasing a song a weekfor an entire year, while weintrepid songwriting homestudio cats were attemptingsix songs in one day of every monthContinue reading “#657: C is for Coulton, Jonathan”
#634: B is for Bread
First of all, “Baby I’m-A Want You”is an objectively funny name for an album. You would think, evenin the early seventies it would be funny, but you would probably be wrong about that. After all, ironyhadn’t been invented yet, so everysappy and sentimental thing was taken as absolutely sincere and earnest. Purveyors of the earlysoftContinue reading “#634: B is for Bread”