In my previous post I gave you the first 10 of the 20 most influential albums in my life. Here’s the second half. (Remember, these aren’t in any particular order… it was hard enough narrowing it down, much less ranking them.) 11. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Weld As Read more…
There’s been this thing floating around the last week or so where people list their personal favorite or most influential 10, 15, 20 albums. Here (more or less) is my attempt at compiling that list, and some commentary on each. These aren’t in any order, because I would probably have Read more…
My friend Brad drove up from Houston on Friday and while the rest of you suckers were watching the debate, the two of us went to see the Black Keys. They played at the Granada Theater, and it was freaking PACKED. Not quite Robert Randolph at Trees packed, but still Read more…
Enjoy this fantastic cover of one of the greatest guitar songs ever recorded.
One of my top 5 favorite movies of all time is The Big Lebowski. I’m sure that my loyal readers, both of you, are shocked to hear this. I absolutely love the scene which generates the following dialogue, resulting in the dude indeed getting kicked out of the cab he Read more…
A couple of friends have forwarded me this video (which I’m sure will be taken down from YouTube by the IP police shortly) of Prince covering Radiohead’s “Creep” at Coachella. It’s been making the rounds on the internets this evening with comments like “EPIC!” and “OMFGTHISISTHEBESTCOVEREVERNOSERIOUSLYEVER!” I respectfully disagree. It Read more…
Last night my buddy Scott and I saw Rush at the Superstarnoff Musicplex Center. Good gracious, what a ridiculously awesome show. In the last year or so I’ve been catching up on a lot of the “classics,” and this show was BY FAR the best of the bunch. The Police Read more…
Yeah, I’m not old enough to remember that either. But anyway, I hear they used to do that. If they ever get the wild hair to try it again, I hope they show this video, because I’m absolutely in love with it. It’s so freaking beautiful.
The Rockbottom Remainders played The Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas tonight. According to guitar player and Pulitzer winning columnist Dave Barry, “We play music as well as Metallica writes novels.” The Remainders are a band comprised mostly of writers. The lineup changes from show to show (because they play only Read more…
One of my favorite musicians is a singer/songwriter by the name of Slaid Cleaves. He’s got one of those rare voices that is simultaneously smooth as silk and rough as sandpaper. I stumbled upon his website tonight looking to see when he might be releasing his next album (May 23rd!), Read more…