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Better Call Saul – Theme Song
Immediately after AMC’s Breaking Bad marathon ends, this Sunday, Oct. 5, at 7:15 pm AMC will air a music video for what will be the Better Call Saul theme song. The song is written by the show’s executive producers Vince … Continue reading
Miles Kane – Better Than That (2013)
Once upon a time, songs like this charted in the U.S. In the U.K., this Britpop brand of music actually does still chart. In the ’60s it was the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Zombies, and The Who. In the 80s it … Continue reading
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Roth’s Reads
From a profile of David Lee Roth last year: “I’ve read all these,” he says, gesturing to the swollen bookshelves. The most important one he’s read recently is Christopher Hitchens’ memoir Hitch-22. He refers to the art books regularly, overseeing … Continue reading
Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (2014)
In the ’60s, pop music lyrics explored themes of politics, intellectual curiosity, and the struggles of adolescence. Today, little girls are listening to wonderful gems like the hit “Anaconda”. This towering set of lyrics is a pretty good representation of … Continue reading
Sidewalk Skipper Band (1968)
While talent is a necessary condition for musical success, it is arguably not a sufficient condition. Luck very much comes into play. Listening to the “Various Artists – Book A Trip: Psych Pop Sounds of Capitol Records (2010)” compilation, I … Continue reading
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Kreator – People Of The Lie (1990)
From the German thrash band’s 1990 album Coma Of Souls. A couple of years ago, I blew off this band at a concert, and split early, after only about 3 or 4 songs, because I was unfamiliar with their material. … Continue reading
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Van Halen – Women In Love (1979)
I’ve recently been ‘rediscovering’ the genius that is (was?) Eddie Van Halen. So, here we have not the obvious Roth-era masterworks: Runnin’ With The Devil Eruption And the Cradle Will Rock Everybody Wants Some Mean Street Unchained Panama Drop Dead … Continue reading
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Why Wagner Still Matters
One of the fallouts of WWII is that legitimate subjects, such as the concept of an ethnocentric character (e.g,. Germanness, Jewishness) is largely verboten as a subject… for gentile whites, that is. So, the notion of ‘Jewishness’ as reflected in … Continue reading
Rainbow – If You Don’t Like Rock and Roll (1975)
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