Glam-Racket

Wilco The Val Air Ballroom, Des Moines, Iowa 3/22/2006 Touring to support no album can be a great thing for fans; a band has no obligations ...

So a former assistant of Phil Spector files suit against him and I’m reminded to review The Ramones “End Of The Century” album. By 1979, The...

For over a month, an unofficial Paul Stanley disc has been frequenting the cd player. Before you think that this is some musical follow-up ...

Sweden rocks. But I’m partial to that country; at my parent’s house, there is a cedar chest that my relatives brought over from Sweden when ...

Remember when I said how The Strokes were an influential band, particularly across the pond? By “pond” I meant Atlantic ocean and by that I...

“ The Buddha Machine ” came via USPS yesterday. I’ve messed with it. Had sex with it on. Took a shit with it. And I’m still as confused as y...

I’ve received 318 e-mails asking me for my thoughts on the new Strokes album, “First Impressions of Earth.” Think of this as my first impre...

Chan Marshall cancelled her latest tour because she went crazy again, so what’s a guy to do but go see a show fronted by another looney bin...

An admirable man, Henry Rollins , once said “You got ‘my-bossman’s-a-motherfucker-and-I-want-to-cut-his-balls-off-and-shove-them-right-down-...

My record collection is waiting for your admiration. Admittedly, there’s a part in every music collector’s ego that secretly wants a fellow ...

I think this topic has been addressed on this blog before, but I recently examined my musical past and determined the top ten albums that ut...

Resolution 1: Watch more boxing I suppose I can fill you in on the personal shit now. Things are good and I’m glad 2005 is over. Moving. Sta...

I ignored pretty much all of 2005. After the 'W' got elected for a second term, I disconnected. I'm only now getting around to...

I’ve been holding on to this thing over a month now and I can’t really keep it to myself anymore. I’m talking about the upcoming Cat Power ...

Let’s get this straight: I’m more of a fan of Dylan ’s “rock” period than his early “folk” period. I can appreciate his folk material and th...

“Year Of Meteors,” Suzanne Vega ’s first album since “Days Of Open Hand” is not as good as Beth Orton ’s “Carbon Glaciers” and…ok, I’ll stop...

Boy howdy! When I was in high school, I had a tremendous crush on Kate Bush . Seriously. I imagined that it was me instead of Houdini she wa...

As the title of this post suggests, I would much rather be writing about the new “comeback” Captain Beefheart album. But then again, one co...

I can give you examples of how/why labels like SST , Homestead , Touch & Go , and maybe a few other indie patron saints, were so essenti...

A.C. Newman ’s “The Slow Wonder” was one of the Baker’s Dozen from last year and it looks like he’ll make it again this year with his Candia...