All Things To All People
[Purchase CD] This is the first of what will, hopefully, be a series of reviews of excellent records lost to the mists of time. Some were later found again, like this particular record, the self-titled debut by Polyrock. Polyrock was a post-punk/new…
[Purchase CD] As a fan of the Buggles, Asia, Geoffrey Downes and GTR, I was eager to hear more from the same area of the musical world. I greatly enjoyed Max Bacon’s vocals on the GTR album; he has a fantastic, well-controlled…
“Hey, it’s me again.” “Oh, uh, hey, haven’t heard from you in a while. What’s up?” “Not much, you know, same ol’ same ol’. Just, you know, bein’ a house. That’s all.” “Ah, yeah — how’s that workin’ out for you?” “Pretty…
Image via Wikipedia [Purchase Book] Perhaps the most interesting thing in Amy Kiste Nyberg?s book, Seal of Approval, is that it doesn?t chronicle the evolution of any actual legislation ? the comic industry decided to regulate itself rather than risk the Congressional…
G’wan, git! I’m busy here — leave! You’re still here? Why are you still here? Don’t you understand English?
Joe Meek via last.fm [Purchase Book] Barry Cleveland’s book (and CD!), Creative Music Production is an interesting, great look on Joe Meek‘s work. It glosses over the more lurid parts of the story (which are available in many places, and as such,…
YouTube user “cyriak” is definitely getting his money’s worth out of that copy of Adobe AfterEffects. (I dig the 8-bit soundtrack, too.)
The Beach Boys on Good Morning America, sometime in 1980 or ’81. This clip is kinda funny, but also heartbreaking. Dennis Wilson is in no shape to be on TV or even out in public, yet the clueless interviewer asks him the…
“Please pass the milk, please.” “Stop it!” “Please pass the milk, please.” “I know that’s all you can say. There isn’t any milk here.” “Please pass the milk, please.” “It’s not even proper grammar!”