About halfway through St. Paul and the Broken Bones’ incendiary 85-minute show at Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre last night, frontman Paul Janeway pointed out that “I can’t believe that just four-and-a-half years ago, I was a bank teller.”
When you …
“News guy wept when he told us, earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet, then I knew he was not lying.”
(“Five Years,” from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, …
So, I got a couple of highly-acclaimed box sets from some of my favorite artists ever for the holidays. Between them, the two boxes have 10 CDs, so it’s taken a while to listen a few times before writing about …
Robin Thicke, appropriately with foot in mouth
So, the other day on the radio (yes, some of us still listen to that sometimes!) I heard about Robin Thicke whining that he really didn’t write “Blurred Lines,” he was just high …
Saw Arcade Fire for the second time in my life last night. As much as you may like or not like them on recordings, their live shows are a must. They paid homage to Georgia’s own during their encore . …
Some song lyrics are universally acclaimed.
You have lyrics by the usual suspects: Dylan, Simon, Lennon, Costello.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard people laud “the sunshine bores the daylights out of me (Jagger/Richards “Rocks Off”).
But …
I finally watched my DVR-d Letterman from Thursday night and saw his retirement announcement. It was classic Dave, the perfect mix of sincerity and insincerity, self-deprecation and self-aggrandizement. It was joyful and sad. The man is the most important entertainment …
2013-14 are shaping up as the “years of the reunion” for many of the most influential bands of the past 35 years: Outkast, the Pixies, the Replacements, and now, the Afghan Whigs. On the new single “Algiers,” just released a …
So, I hate missing work for a sick day. First of all, I like my job. Second of all, I hate using up days off better spent on vacation. So, unless I’m really really really sick, I go in.
Well, …
I’m usually pretty ambivalent about the Grammys. While they always have some acts worth watching, the show usually runs way too long and has too much drivel for my tastes.
But I’m pretty excited this year.
Even in the categories …
