I decided right now that I’m going to write about my favorite albums and/or songs of 2013. I already started last week with Jason Isbell’s “Southeastern”, which is, I repeat, the best album to be…
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Lorde Might Smell Like Teen Spirit, but that Doesn’t Make Her Nirvana of Now
Lorde, for those of you who live under rocks different than the ones I live under, is a teen pop music sensation from New Zealand. Her song “Royals” topped the Alternative Music charts awhile back,…
Arbitrary Number of Reasons Jason Isbell’s ‘Southeastern’ is My Favorite Record of 2013
For the first time in very many years, I could probably make a Top 10 list of Favorite Albums of 2013 and not only would it actually have ten albums on it, they’d all be…
Emails From People Who Think I am Paul Westerberg: The Greatest Hits
In honor of the release of Rockin’ Here Tonight, a 2-CD benefit compilation for Slim Dunlap (he replaced Bob Stinson in The Replacements, in case you are new here), I decided to do a little…
Questions Raised By ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’
Who does the Devil answer to? So the Devil goes down to Georgia because he was in a bind, and way behind. My assumption is that the Devil most have some sort of soul-stealing quota….
What a Mess on the Ladder of Success: The Replacements’ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination
So The Replacements were nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame earlier this week along with the likes of a little band called Nirvana, KISS, my latest reading subject, Linda Ronstadat (the only…