pop Archive
08 Sep 2014
Album Review: The Legal Matters
My friend Bruce Brodeen occasionally endures some good-natured ribbing for those mini-reviews he penned in his NotLame mail order catalogs of the 90s. If you viewed his writing a certain […]
02 Sep 2014
Album Review: Sade — Love is Stronger Than Pride
Love is Stronger Than Pride, the third album from Sade (the band named after lead vocalist Sade Adu) was a commercial juggernaut on its original 1988 release, yielding four hit […]
13 Aug 2014
Hundred Word Reviews for August 2014, Part 3
Five new releases are the focus of this clutch of hundred-word reviews. Analog Son – Analog Son The name might conjure mental visions of a synthesizer outfit, but the sounds […]
12 Aug 2014
Hundred Word Reviews for August 2014, Part 2
Today’s set of five 100-word capsule reviews looks at recently-reissued, previously-unreleased, and/or compilation albums. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini: Original Stereo Soundtrack What we have here, in my estimation, […]
11 Aug 2014
Hundred Word Reviews for August 2014, Part 1
Some familiar names and some true obscurities are highlighted in this, the first of five sets of five capsule reviews. This week I’ll review 25 albums, arbitrarily limiting myself to […]
29 Jul 2014
Album Review: NRBQ — Brass Tacks
NRBQ are one of America’s great musical treasures. Though they’ve never enjoyed the sort of commercial success of, say, a Creedence Clearwater Revival or The Band, the catalog of this […]
25 Jul 2014
Hundred-word Reviews July 2014, Part Five
All this week, I’ve been working to reduce the contents of my in-box to manageable levels; these are the last five of 25 albums in that effort, each review adhering […]
21 Jul 2014
Hundred-word Reviews July 2014, Part One
I’m bound and determined to reduce the contents of my in-box to manageable levels, so this week I’ll be covering 25 albums, each adhering to a 100-word limit. Don’t mistake […]
04 Jul 2014
Keith Allison: Man of Action (Part Five / conclusion)
Continued from Part Four… Bill Kopp: You first rose to fame as a cast member on Where the Action Is. Can you tell me how you got that gig? Keith […]
03 Jul 2014
Keith Allison: Man of Action (Part Four)
continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: A guy I vaguely know put together some unauthorized DVDs of It’s Happening episodes. He sent me copies and I reviewed them. The next […]