Glam-Racket

Where does one start when jumping into The Stooges? For me, it began with Raw Power. The original mix. Bad choice. At least for a little bit...

I’m debating whether or not to do full review of the AC/DC show because the band is wrapping up their Black Ice tour-just a few US dates re...

Somewhere around here, there's a review of the Chilliwack album that "My Girl" is from. It was the song that was playing when ...

Truth be told, I didn't even know they had broken up. I just thought it was an extended hiatus, but come to think of it, it had been a l...

I am fascinated by the Insane Clown Posse. I sincerely hope that some day, they come out and tell all the Juggalos "We did it all for t...

I didn’t think a response would come this quickly. I know-some of you are surprised I even got a response, but not me. You see, I work for a...

Have you heard about the off -Broadway performance of Romeo and Juliet that forgoes the actual work of Shakespeare in favor of a bunch of s...

It’s hard to judge Embryonic at this exact moment. Not because there’s any question about its greatness; the album is a wonderful freak-out...

If the cover doesn’t give it away, the sound in the grooves of this long-player surely will. The reason why Stardeath & The White Dwarfs...

If you’ve ever seen the video for Accept’s “Balls To The Wall,” you know how ridiculous it is and how un-photogenic that lead singer Udo Dir...

I don’t know if I’m sensing the pretention of Grinnell University before I even get there or if it’s just something that actually happens, b...

All of those commentators are right: the cd is dead and music files dwarf any form of music format. It’s been so long since I bought a cd th...

More religious than Songs The Lord Taught Us and halfway towards “No Shit?” CCM territory, The Life Of The World To Come finds John Darnie...

Wow. I don't know what to make of this. Not so much the idea of an IPhone application that helps old people, but that Lou Reed is market...

Not a true OCD moment as this song hasn't been repeating in my head for days on end like other entries to this personal series. But sinc...

Following the pop tart approach initiated on The Con , Tegan & Sara’s latest ( Sainthood ) continues the tradition of New Wave gloss t...

What follows is a letter that I sent this past week to the corporate headquarters of Live Nation Entertainment, the newly merged company of ...

Southeast Iowa wasn’t a bad place to grow up in the first half of the 1980’s. We made our own fun most of the time, were fortunate enough to...

Quick question: Can you imagine Cheap Trick without Bun E Carlos? Of course you can’t. He is an intricate part of the band, not only in term...

That’s a framed picture of Johnny Cash giving the bird. It’s on the wall in the storage room of my basement, a casualty of the kids, the in-...