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The production on What's Going On is truly a thing of beauty. The blend between band and orchestra is perfect. The arrangements are flawless....
He really was so far ahead. You can hear generations of spiritually exploring singer-songwriters being born in “On the Road to Find Out”
I thought Miley was unbelievably annoying/off-putting at the Grammys, honestly. One of the low-lights of a pretty damn good ceremony.
Honestly I think a big part of what makes it such an all-timer is that it came out in the same year as another album, so there was no real effort...
My students are usually just watching sports highlights. Depressingly, usually of themselves. One time walked by a kid with a gigantic...
I mean from what I know, most of the smut available in these "spicy romance" novels, at least the ones you can get in bookstores and take in...
We do that and it's effective. Of course, they also have laptops which they use to aimlessly distract themselves now...
Haha just two songs I promise!
On most days I’d tell you Giraldo is my favorite guitarist. He’s just getting warmed up on that one (“You Better Run” shows some of it), but he...
At their best, film can rival literature for how viscerally it can hit you with a concise story. But you definitely have more freedom to chase...
Me, you dork. God, what could the appeal be of someone blending a wild array of black and roots music traditions into a hopeful new amalgam with...
I’ve been a Zevon fan for probably 20 years so by now I couldn’t live without any of it. The dark, the silly, the love-lorn. It’s all so good...
The pitch black humor (the title track still elicits a “holy shit are you allowed to make that joke?” to this day) is rightly what he’s praised...
Really touching to hear the story of how his co-writer helped him find joy in making music again during that Grammys segment. That guy's good in...
I’m sure I’ve typed this before on this site but the most beautiful thing with Sam is you can throw on Live at the Copa and hear one of the most...
Of course the alternate take on this is that now when summer rolls around you’ll know exactly what to throw on. Haha
From a man known to be kind cynical and guarded in his music, “And So It Goes” is breathtakingly open-hearted. I don’t doubt her sincere...
I have always wanted to like her but always inevitably find her a little....plastic? There's just something artificial in her version of the soul...
I was so scared this would be bad. Thank god it's really good.
To me it's a testament to the greatness of the album that they can take all these instantly recognizable songs but they draw them out, and...
I only watch MST3K with Mike. But I'm not about to say people who want new ones shouldn't get them.