Author Archive
05 Apr 2011
Album Review: the Fuzztones – Preaching to the Perverted
Some things can be counted on to never change. Other things do in fact change in basic ways, yet somehow remaining true to their original intent. In both those categories, […]
04 Apr 2011
Album Review: The Definitive Albert King on Stax
Albert King is (or was) The Man. Even rock fans who’ve never heard (or actively listened for) King will find his music oddly familiar. And the reason for that is […]
01 Apr 2011
Album Review: Grateful Dead – Road Trips Vol. 4, No. 2: April Fools
Some context is necessary before diving into this one. In 1989 my dear sister purchased a pair of concert tickets for me and my then-new wife. The tickets were to […]
31 Mar 2011
Broadway the Hard Way: A Conversation with Richard X Heyman (part two)
continued from part one… Bill Kopp: There seems to be less reliance on samples and keyboard-sourcing of sounds on the new music; you’re employing real players for the cello, violin, […]
30 Mar 2011
Broadway the Hard Way: A Conversation with Richard X Heyman (part one)
Whether he likes it or not — and as you’ll read in a moment, he tends not to – Richard X Heyman is known as a powerpop artist. His string […]
29 Mar 2011
Album Review: Cal Tjader / Stan Getz – Sextet
As a very young child, I was already quite the precocious pop music consumer. Born mere days after JFK was tragically struck down in Dallas, by 1968-69 I was an […]
28 Mar 2011
Album Review: Nektar – A Tab in the Ocean
Having come of age in the 1970s, I was familiar with Nektar – the band name, not the music itself – by two means. First, three-inch-square reproductions of their back […]
25 Mar 2011
DVD Review: What Ever Happened to Pink Floyd?
When choosing a favorite era, fans of Pink Floyd have a lot from which to choose. Some insist the band did its best work in the early days before Syd […]
24 Mar 2011
Book Review: John Borack – Life is What Happens
John Borack’s John Lennon: Life is What Happens is subtitled “Music, Memories & Memorabilia,” and that’s a tidy summing-up of what this book is all about. Part social commentary, part […]
23 Mar 2011
Album Review: Blackfield – Welcome to my DNA
It’s a common sentiment among music fans who’ve lived through the 60s, 70s or even 1980s: Music’s not as good as it used to be. They just don’t make it […]