I’m wondering if I’m the only music geek who feels this way……
My all-time favorite band is R.E.M. I’ve followed them since their first E.P. way back in 1980, I have all of their CD’s, I have a huge collection of their 7″ singles from their days on the I.R.S. label (most are duplicates: the commercial single, and the promo only “white label” version). Just listening to their older songs puts me at ease & […]
Ever since I got into “alternative music” (right after college, a LONG time ago!-ed. note, it really WAS a long time ago-), I was fascinated by, well, noise. I think it started off with James White & The Blacks, Suicide, and other NYC “noise bands” who blended “skronk” in with their songs to create a unique hybrid that sure as heck wasn’t going to get played on any commercial radio station. From there, I veered […]
WTF is up with Taylor Swift? The girl CANNOT sing. Period. Not even close. I saw her on “Saturday Night Live” and she was so bad that it was truly embarrassing. Yet I like her records. Just shows the magic that Autotune can do for a mediocre singer.
Rascal Flatts once again annoyed me. They won Best Vocal Group for the seventh straight year, beating the record set by Alabama. Lead singer Gary LeVox mused “gee, […]