Bear’s Concert Haiku Review: Bite Me Bambi & Dance Hall Crashers Bambi torches venue. Then D.C.H. throws downright epic house party. Tickets to the Dance Hall Crashers reunion show at Great American Music Hall for Saturday, June 7th sold out in FIVE minutes. This resulted in them adding a second […]
I don’t normally review zeitgeist music because it has been covered to death already and I have other avenues that interest me more. But every so often an album/artist comes along that I find myself getting a little annoyed with the press around (see my review of Swift’s Folklore). And […]
Boy if you build a fire, you better bet she’s got a match – Crazy Women by Brandy Clarke We will get to the match at the Ashley McBryde Fillmore show in a moment. But first I need to mention that this show arrived right as I am writing a […]
I remember watching some MTV retrospective about how, video killed the radio star and Christopher Cross was interviewed saying something to effect of how MTV made looks such a huge factor that it killed his mainstream career and many others. Leaving aside the fact that looks have ALWAYS been relevant […]
What year is this again? 1986? *looks at calendar* Oh yeah, 2024… Well I am declaring it the return of the year of 1986. Who wants to watch The Karate Kid Part II? With the release of The Hot Takes II EP. The band is back and has doubled down […]
The fact that Eurythmics have been whittled down to basically two hits in the US… MAYBE three depending on the circle you travel in is a travesty. And I say this not as a fan of Eurthymics but a general music fan. If Annie Lennox is praised as one of […]
This is the second time I have done a triple review piece. And just speaking on that alone, it is interesting to try and connect three disparate works. Another thought that struck me just now now with this his project and the last three piece, is that it has been […]
Two notes to kick of this review: 1. The only album in Madonna’s catalog before this to really have and strong central theme (as opposed to just being a collection of great pop songs) was Erotica. 2. The only other album released in 1998 by a female artist to dominate […]
As I said in the intro RIGHT HERE Kylie Minogue by the late 80s gave up trying to cater to the US market. She was doing fine in her home country of Australia and much of western Europe loved her. So we didn’t get the build up and subsequent “backlash” […]
To tie Janet Jackson’s, The Velvet Rope to the climate of the culture at the time would require more research and I want to get to the music but three events that stand out in my memory that occurred prior to 1997 are the Rodney King beatings and subsequent riots, […]
I have been trying to work on a piece about music standoms for some time but can never find a through line or the angle that feels right to me other than writing that comes off like letters to the editor. But here it is the 25th anniversary of the […]
During the whole shelter in place I had, as did many others had a bit of meltdown. Not being able to dance at clubs or go to live music shows among other things drove people a little batty to it mildly. Thankfully things seem more or less back in business […]
Once again local music proves why it is the best buy (and music) going these days. $15 for three amazing acts in one night. No traffic hassle, no annoying bag checks, no overpriced drinks, not a bunch of stodgy rich wankers buying up all the front row real estate just […]
I recently gave Sting quite the verbal lashing on a recent SoundwavesTV’s Mass Debate. I equated his solo career with dental office waiting room music. Go for the ratings or go home! You should check out that and the rest of the show here>>> CLICK ME But to be fair […]
The Short: It was a great show with a four piece band that juggled various instruments from guitar to piano and mandolin while bringing some serious harmonies to strong country/folk/blues songwriting. It was my first time in the intimate brick walled room that didn’t feel overly intimate, there was no […]
If you stumbled upon this article I suggest you should start at the beginning. (CLICK ME) So what of this journey? What of 1993 and where I was at musically vs. where I am at now? What of these three albums? I can understand why at the time I was […]
Getting even further left field we arrive in Iceland. Björk was a name I sorta knew being around- oh by the way, it is pronounced yerk like work not york like pork. Anyway, I never took her music in at all. She just escaped my orbit entirely. It was only […]
This is the album that initially started this whole 3 album journey. I had only intended to review this one album but when I ended up doing a TMI interview for Soundwaves Melissa Etheridge came up and so I had to go back to that album and found they were […]
I know the hits, you know the hits. But the album didn’t hit me in any special way at first. It wasn’t until Junior year when I was so deep in depression I ended up in the kitchen with a chef’s knife at my chest thinking maybe this was the […]
This post was inspired in part by the recent TMI interview I did with the Soundwaves TV crew about the power of music to get us through tough times. You can listen to that right here>>> CLICK ME. When the 90s officially started ramping up around 92/93 with bands like […]
