All Things To All People
Music reviews
Image by Chuckumentary via Flickr [Purchase CD] The new Negativland album is quite different than all their other albums — if absolutely forced to pick a comparison, it might be something like Dispepsi jammed through Points. If you’ve heard those albums, you…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase DVD] A lot of people are familiar with “Dead Puppies Aren’t Much Fun”; some are probably familiar with “Kinko The Clown“, and maybe even “Daddy’s Money“, all common appearances on the Dr. Demento show. But I don’t know…
Image via Wikipedia It’s time for another hypothetical mix CD! Like the most of them, this is another themed compilation — none of these songs were, as far as I could research, originally released in the US. Mostly, they’re from Japan-only and…
Hot Damn! Brian Eno and David Byrne Release Their First New Album in 27 Years! In 1981 Ronald Reagan had just taken office, I was 10 years old going on 11, and David Byrne and Brian Eno released a joint venture album…
Cover via Amazon [Download Single] I’m very anal about how I organize my music. It’s a simple system: Albums are organized by artist, and by date of release. If an album is by a artist with a proper name, say, David Byrne,…
Image via Wikipedia Here’s another hypothetical mix CD, this one called “Jeff Bridges… I Don’t Need No Jeff Bridges To Put Music To My Poem!” The title’s taken from one of my favorite Tom Goes To The Mayor episodes (though, really, they’re…
Image via Wikipedia These are the top ten songs — in no particular order save for number one — ever recorded by anyone. If a song is not on the list, it undoubtedly was a good try, however, I feel your pain….
[Purchase CD] Have these guys really been doing this for ten damn years now? POLYSICS have, really, been been making DEVO inspired rock and roll for a good solid decade. They’ve been around longer than The Beatles, but have had less drummers…
[Purchase CD] What do you do when you become an overnight, one-hit wonder with a bizarre song that is, allegedly, about masturbation? If you’re The Vapors, you go back into the studio and record a concept album about heartbreak, cult leaders, and…
Well, it’s certainly been a while. If it’s any consolation, the downtime has allowed me to dig in the stacks and find a real rare gem. You won’t find this little bugger on CD on Amazon.com any time soon. No, friends, this…