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”
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#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”
#797: M is for McCartney, Paul, 2018
Until we get to W, where Wings are filed, this is the last McCartney album I have on vinyl. I realize now that, of the four Beatles, I own records or CD’s from only two of them, Georgeand Paul. I could see someday picking up Lennon’s Imagine or Double Fantasy, and I hearthat Ringo’s lastContinue reading “#797: M is for McCartney, Paul, 2018”
#796: M is for McCartney, Paul
He’s been a member of The Beatles, for Christ’s sake. Now that the band’s broken up, ending the world as we know it, what’s a famous English bass player and songwriter to do? Post Fab Four, Paul McCartney decidesto go solo, and records his eponymous debut, the first in a trilogy spread outover 50 years,Continue reading “#796: M is for McCartney, Paul”
#795: M is for Martha and the Muffins
I am not sure that I have everlistened to this album. I think, but I am not certain, that it wasa gift or a loaner from my friendCurtis. I texted him this morningto confirm. If he denies this, or doesn’t remember, then I do notknow how I came by this record, Danseparc by Canadian bandContinue reading “#795: M is for Martha and the Muffins”
#794: M is for The Mars Volta
I don’t know what to makeof these guys. I have three of their records, one of which I love, the other two of which I have very mixed feelings about. They seem to be a band thatdeliberately eschews accessibility, even down to their artier-than-thoucover art, which typically includeslittle or difficult to decipher identifyinginformation, and inContinue reading “#794: M is for The Mars Volta”
#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra
These guys are from Atlanta, Georgia, not even remotely from Manchester,and they are not an orchestra, but a rockband–albeit a sophisticated one, a bandI discovered because Andy Hull, their band leader and principle songwriter, once collaborated with The Dear Hunter. I only have this one E.P. , The Valley of Vision,even though I streamed theirContinue reading “#793: M is for Manchester Orchestra”
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