Unreal. Deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. I admired everything about him.

Krev wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 1:46 pm I think Faith was their high-water mark, but this is an excellent record.

I don't think I had listened to Faith from start to finish since the mid 90s, so I put in on while I worked this afternoon. I think I can get behind your assessment.

Wood Goblin wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:32 am [Scottish accent]. . . Ghosts? I thought you said goats![Scottish accent]

Jim DeRogatis was fired from Rolling Stone for writing a review of a Hootie album he entitled American Blandstand. City Pages ran the review in print that summer. I thought the review was lost in the digital ashcan after CP folded and their archives were lost, but some googling came up with this sit...

Negative Approach
Bad Brains
Husker Du
Minor Threat
MDC

Pembs wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:28 pm No Welcome to the Pleasuredome?

DAMMIT

The Tina Turner song from the movie of the same name versus a complex and challenging Public Enemy song from Fear Of A Black Planet.

It's just domes all the way down.

Uncle Tupelo-Anodyne. It's like having a spectator seat for the total unraveling of a friendship.

Gramsci wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:34 am Pornography, The Cure. A clichéd answer, but holy hell that album is unrelentingly bleak.

Seconded. Or thirded. That album is start to finish despair, utterly devoid of any sort of humor or playfulness or joy.

jfv wrote: Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:09 am Another one in the “good riddance” category (do we need a separate thread?):

Toby Keith

I figure since we just lost Wayne Kramer, the universe seeks a balance. Or something.