Category Archives: Music

I dug Bowie’s earlier stuff, through Diamond Dogs (1975). Here’s the haunting song “Memory Of A Free Festival” (1969). For me, the hook that starts around 3:30 is one of DB’s musical and lyrical high points. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VQv65jiH8 … and one … Continue reading →

Lemmy Kilmister, founding member and frontman of Motörhead, has died at the age of 70. His health had been been failing for the past year or so, and despite many metallers’ belief that Lemmy would live forever, all things must … Continue reading →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLsC_sBOpBo

Here’s Springsteen, from this past Sat’s SNL, performing “Meet Me in the City”, a previously unreleased track from the stunning new box set The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015):

You have the privilege of enjoying the legendary “Let Them Eat Rock” video by the Upper Crust. Now, with restored audio, it is available for the delight of even the most tin-eared peasant without the Crust needlessly suffering their foul … Continue reading →

In 1980, Bruce Springsteen released a lauded double album called The River. While it contained a couple of my favorite Boss songs (“Out in the Street”, “I’m a Rocker”), the album as a whole never knocked me. With the release … Continue reading →

A wonderful slice of psychedelia. Wonderful production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCEQIk4Gr9w