It's been nearly 24 years since The Cars released a studio album — 1987's Door To Door. After four and two score years, yesterday saw the release of Move Like This, the band's latest album. All of the band's original members reconvened for this effort, with the notable exception of bassist and vocalist Benjamin Orr, whose voice…
Yesterday, March 22, Duran Duran released the packaged version of their 13th studio album, All You Need Is Now. This album was actually originally released for download in December of last year, so it's been out for several months. Without question this is their finest album in the last decade, and probably their best since…
For the last few months I've worked as a weekend DJ at a Chicago bowling alley. Last night I was relieved of this duty. Pretty early on I was told that I should avoid playing songs later in the night that might attract the wrong "element." I didn't necessarily agree with this, but I don't…
I'm just days short of making it a year since my last post. Let's consider today's post a re-introduction of myself to the world, which is round. More to come soon. As for this post, why I haven't posted this video sooner, I'm simply not sure. But this is a video I made last summer…
Despite our inactivity, my band Slazenger 7 has a new video up and running on YouTube. This video is for our anthem titled "Chicago." Guitarist Todd put this together a few weeks ago, though we shot the footage in drummer Matt's basement well over a year ago. It's a pretty good piece of work, in…
So I've let a few months lapse by since I've really written a post. I threw a little thing up about the passing of Bettie Page, of course, but that simply needed doing. So I've decided to post something new here. I'm a bit apprehensive about doing this, but I'm posting a few songs I…
So I haven't written in a little while. So what. Neither have you, have you? So I've recently rediscovered three classic singles that I think many of us who listen to any sort of Classic Rock station will know, recognize, and appreciate. But I also have to believe that they're three of the most underrated…
I feel like I might've posted this here a long time ago, because I remember seeing this at least a year or so ago. But regardless, I stumbled across it again recently and was blown away by it, so I thought I'd put it up. Pretty moving, I'd say.
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980
So awhile back, I bumped into this guy named Paul Hewson. Oddly, though, he called himself Bono. (I asked him if he was a big Sunny and Cher fan. He said he preferred loveseats in his sunroom. [I'm not sure I even get that joke. Think on it a second.]) Anyway, he was telling me…
Because the World is Round 