In the catalog of musical artists whomake you wonder if there’s somethingwrong with your stereo, sit The Flaming Lips, the band about which I have written mostoften on the blog, and, behind Elbow, aremy favorite band of the 21st century. The Flaming Lips make their debut, actually, in the late 80’s, make music for nearlyContinue reading “#698: F is for The Flaming Lips (95, 99, 02, 06)”
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#640: C is for Cake
Pressure Chief is the only CakeI have on vinyl, a recent purchase, one of only a couple of Cake titlesI don’t have on CD, one of only a couple of Cake titles I didn’t purchase close to their release. One of the greatest anti-90’s bandsof the 90’s, even though they straddled two decades or three,CakeContinue reading “#640: C is for Cake”
#632: B is for Bowie (“Brilliant Adventure,” The Box)
I I could read more, I suppose, to be more learned (“LUR-ned”)on the subject, but sometimesit’s just fun to imagine. Five yearspassed between albums, a totalmystery for a guy who had beenso prolific now for two full decades. He may have just been resting(entirely unlikely, I think). Or doing other stuff. Didn’t the first TinContinue reading “#632: B is for Bowie (“Brilliant Adventure,” The Box)”
Notes Toward a Musical Autobiography: Volume XIV–31 Years of Here Comes Everybody
Oh my. It’s been almost an entire year since the last time I added an installment to this series. Maybe I will make a New Year’s Resolution not to wait another year before the next one! I did not intend to write about my own music in this series, only tangentially as it related toContinue reading “Notes Toward a Musical Autobiography: Volume XIV–31 Years of Here Comes Everybody”
Notes Toward a Musical Autobiography: Volume VI, Letter C
A wrench in the works for my project of listening to compact discs, one at a time, all the way through, touching at least once on every band or artist in my collection: I bought a new turntable for the basement listening lounge! I have been distracted this week by vinyl and paused my project toContinue reading “Notes Toward a Musical Autobiography: Volume VI, Letter C”
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