Glam-Racket

The boxes continue to arrive. This time it was a bunch of junk. I have no idea why, but when CDs first started to gain in popularity, they w...

Last week around this time, my parents came up to visit the kids for the afternoon. It’s been a running joke that every time we let them wat...

Rooney Chuck Berry Live Review Pentacrest-University of Iowa 9/26/08 I wanted my first ever rock concert to be memorable, something that the...

What’s the point, really. Rush has released so many live albums that it’s practically irrelevant at this point. For some of us old timers (r...

It started with that box of shit. On a video…the one that wasn’t a porn…there was two episodes from Twin Peaks . Since I already have the co...

Long week. Not much time for posting, writing, or doing much of anything. Without disclosing too much about what I do in real life and all o...

If dealing with the devastating power of hurricane Ike wasn’t bad enough, residents now contend with the aftermath. Part of that cleanup is ...

What the fuck are we going to do?

The Broken West Centro-Matic The Picador, Iowa City 9/11/08 Damn you, Picador! With your cool fall rock schedule, late starts and weeknight ...

There’s a interesting article on Bob Lefsez’s site that speaks about GnR’s Chinese Democracy . He’s actually had a few articles on the subje...

It was five years ago today that Warren Zevon passed, and if your heart don’t break a little when you see that hour-long night with David Le...

My Grandmother stopped over today with her new boyfriend. It’s been a year since my Grandfather died, so there’s a certain amount of weirdne...

American badass Jerry Reed died yesterday. This good ol’ boy is known for such hits as “When Your Hot Your Hot” and “Amos Moses” as well as ...

I had half a mind to review the new Metallica album without even listening to it. The album would have received one star and would have been...

My parents closed on a home in Des Moines today. Not that it means anything to you, and in reality, it really shouldn’t mean much to me at t...

I’ve pretty much exhausted this topic, but I’m still in full R.J.D. mode and “Children Of The Sea” continues to channel itself in my head. E...

Light in the loafers, news, and state of mind to come up with anything substantial. I’d like to draw your attention to an interview with the...

Delimma. I don’t know what to do about the new AC/DC record. This issue started with Ballbreaker , the first “return to form” record from ’9...

I did over 2,000 words on the Metal Masters tour that I can’t seem to edit down any farther. My head is still spinning with the majesty of r...

Once, the worst a kid could do was buy a W.A.S.P. record and smoke a little herb. Now, threatening murder and throwing out racial epitaphs i...