All Things To All People
Cover via Amazon I used to always say that I’m probably the only person who’s a much bigger fan of R. Crumb‘s music than his comics. For what it’s worth, that’s probably still true — I love the Cheap Suit Serenaders —…
Image via Wikipedia Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing ALL…
I’ve always loved the Dead Milkmen — and they’re back together! Stoney’s Extra Stout (Pig) was their last album (and I thought it was actually pretty good, regardless of the reviews), but it sounds like there’s a new one coming! The Milkmen…
Image via Wikipedia Here’s yet another hypothetical Mix CD! Feel free to track these cuts down and burn your own copy! The theme here is “It’s Raining Again”/Fall-Winter/a “Less Light” mix. Some of the tracks I chose were pretty obvious, and others were…
Image via Wikipedia The pretty much always-awesome Kliph Nesterhoff posted a new article this morning on the WFMU blog — The Comedy Writer That Helped Elect Richard M. Nixon. It’s all about Paul Keyes — the man who was the head-writer on…
Image via Wikipedia This is sort of Heaven & Hell Pt. II, so y’all might want to settle in — though I don’t think this one will really be as insanely long. Though I didn’t think that one would be, either, so, there…
Image via Wikipedia I’ve pretty much always been an atheist; when I was very small, I asked my mom what religion we were, and she just said “Christian” without really clarifying which franchise (as Emo Philips calls them), and I just sort…
Josh Kassel just sent me this link (about fifteen minutes ago, to be exact) about Dick “Two Ton” Baker, a big name in children’s entertainment from Chicago in the 30s through the 1970s. The site’s got a whole bunch of mp3s taken…
Cover of Propaganda Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing ALL…
If there was any period in music I wish I had been around for, I would have to pick the period from 1975 to 1985. Though, I technically was around for the last two years of that grouping, I was far too…