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DVD Review: Transatlantic – Whirld Tour 2010

This one’s a frustratingly mixed bag. If you don’t know — and I didn’t until recently — Transatlantic is something of a modern-day prog rock supergroup, with several highly-esteemed players […]

What I’m Listening To, and When, and Why

People often ask me — honestly, they actually do — how I decide what music to listen to at any given moment, considering that I have a large collection. (At […]

Album Review: The Warlocks – Rise and Fall, E.P. and Rarities

A 2005 essay written by Zoë Bower for The Pink & Almighty (reprinted in the liner notes for the Warlocks reissue/compilation Rise and Fall, E.P. and Rarities) states, “…whatever you […]

CD Review: T. Rex – The Slider

T. Rex was really two distinct groups in succession. The first — actually called Tyrannosaurus Rex — was Marc Bolan, ex John’s Children of The Legendary Orgasm Album infamy — […]

DVD Review: Ginger Baker’s Airforce – Live 1970

I must admit I was thrilled and filled with anticipation when I recently learned of this DVD’s existence. Ginger Baker — then late of Blind Faith, and before that Cream […]

Holiday Roundup 2010

Every year around this time, various artists and labels take a shot at getting their piece of the holiday shopper’s dollar. Some efforts are more successful than others, and sometimes […]

Happy Thanksgiving

For my readers in the USA, today is the Thanksgiving Holiday. I’m taking the day off from the blog to spend time with my kids. Best wishes to you and […]

Album Review: The Goldenhour – Tonight Becomes Tomorrow

This internet thing, it’s interesting. Time was — when I was growing up, to take the most handy example — if you were a fan of a certain subgenre of […]

Album Review: Stereolab – Not Music

Call it deceptive — or at least misleading — labeling. With a title like Not Music, the uninitiated might be led to believe that this latest collection from Stereolab is […]

DVD Review: Uriah Heep – Easy Livin’: The Early Years Live

Look, you’re gonna love this one or you’re gonna hate it. And honestly you don’t need to read a review it to know which (but thank you anyway!). Uriah Heep […]