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FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #33: Self-Dressed Man
SOCIAL DISTORTION “Cold Feelings” b/w “Bad Luck (Live Acoustic)” (Epic Records #ES7- 4568, white-label promo, 1992)
Since there’s a million people out there who know more about Social D than I do, I’ll keep this brief. My first exposure to L.A. punk stalwart Mike Ness and his brilliant Johnny-Cash-meets-The-Clash alchemy was ’81’s “1945” from the 2nd installment of Posh Boy’s Rodney On The ROQ series, which my high school accomplice Beaker and I spun endlessly in his bedroom while […]
New Release of the Week 4/28/09: Bob Dylan’s “Together Through Life”
I’ve got no problem admitting that I’m not the world’s biggest Bob Dylan fan. While I think he’s an ace songwriter, there are very few people I can think of whose singing I enjoy less. It seems to have gotten worse as he’s gotten older. Some people (Joni Mitchell) get better as singers as they age. Mr. Zimmerman? Not so much. Anyhow, the guy’s a legend no matter how you slice it, and he has […]
More to Music Players Than iPods
If iTunes and Pandora are as far as you've gone in portable music, prepare to be dazzled.