It’s Friday and I’ve had a very annoying week. It started with me struggling to fend off the latest virus and continued with freezing weather, technical difficulties, and lots of griping from the peanut gallery. Since it’s Friday and I’m in need of a good laugh, I figure today’s blog post should be about something relatively amusing. And to me, horrible cover versions of famous songs can be very funny. There have been a lot […]
Fellow Pop Rock Nation blogger Brian has put forth a proposal for me to write a favorites of 2012 post. And I would be happy to do that, except I have a tendency to listen to older music that isn’t exactly cutting edge. I did buy some albums that came out in 2012, though; and in 2012, I did newly discover some folks who have been around awhile. So, in the interest of taking Brian up on his challenge, […]
Every year, New Jersey based songwriter / music journalist/ novelist Tris McCall conducts his Critics’ Poll, a set of questions as basic as “best albums”/ “best singles”, as refined as “best guitarist” and “best album cover”, and as snarky as “song that would drive you craziest on infinite repeat” and “hoary old bastard who should spare us all and retire”. Tris encourages explanations and rants. This year, Pop Rock Nation’s Brian Block is publishing his […]