DO NOT POST HERE IF YOU AREN’T PLAYING. If you’d like to comment on the game, make a request here and I’ll give you a link to the graveyard QT. Avocado Town had been without a functioning police department for almost a … Continue reading Werewolf XX: WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (DAY ONE)
I must’ve been a little nuts when I took this on, John Prine’s career has flirted around the edges of “mainstream” popularity and he can rightly be described as an American treasure. He’s been able to carve out his own … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: John Prine – Happy Birthday John Prine!
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – New French Extremity: Frontier(s)
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Zombies: Juan of the Dead
Why would anyone want to write about the Counting Crows? They’re neither obscure nor particularly interesting, right? Well, I’ll grant you the first one. For a long time, they were pretty unescapable. But I think they are more interesting than … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Counting Crows – Just Hear Me Out
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Witches: The Witch
Avocado Town had been without a functioning police department for almost a year. All remaining officers on the force had to be summarily fired and presented with the opportunity to apply for their jobs back. The Mare had to bring … Continue reading WOLF COPS 2 – The Wolfening (Signups)
I’ve always thought of Ladytron as rainy-day music. Not as in, you stay inside and curl up on your sofa with a blanket, a novel, and a warm cup of tea. More like, it’s raining but you’re out in the … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Ladytron
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Comedy: Cooties
Dig that awkward announcer! I’ll try my best to do better. In the 50’s and 60’s, Jamaica was getting an influx of American music, notably jazz and rhythm & blues via radio broadcasts from New Orleans; crossbreeding these sounds with … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: First-Wave Ska
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Slasher: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Supernatural: Poltergeist III
Nickel Creek have been together for over 25 years, if you include their hiatus. The band is made up of siblings Sara and Sean Watkins and their family friend Chris Thile. Vocals are sung by all, Sara plays the violin, … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Nickel Creek
What? you’re thinking. Him? The sweet guy who takes care of beloved Curious George, the world’s favorite primate? Top five, anyway. What could you have against him? Good question. How about a lifetime of deceit, cruelty, neglect, and sexual predation, … Continue reading The Monster with the Yellow Hat
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Natural: Piranha
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Kaidan: Kuroneko
Editor’s Note: The links within all point back to the original sources. Perhaps one day I will fix them but more than likely I will keep them as is to honor the past (and because it is so much easier). … Continue reading Month of Horror 2016: Genre Exploration – Western: Bone Tomahawk
This article is the work of commenter Man with Lute. A$AP Rocky is fun. That’s why I like him. His music is fun. It exudes fun even when the song also exudes the flavor of too much cough syrup and … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: A$AP Rocky
part one: https://disqus.com/home/dis… yesterday, we watched Contemporary Christian Music rise out of a marriage of religious and protest folk music and slowly transform from rebel prophet to establishment priest. Despite having outlasted most of its critics, the industry was more careful … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: CCM (Christian Contemporary Music) 1982-1997 Part Two
(DISCLAIMER: I’m focusing on groups that have been primarily marketed to religious audiences and are generally considered part of the CCM “scene.” This excludes groups like U2 and Johnny Cash, who sing about god and religion and who have … Continue reading Scene Spotlight: CCM (Christian Contemporary Music) 1982-1997 (Part One)
Factory Records. Mute. Rough Trade. 4AD. These record labels defined UK independent music in the 1980s. Post-punk is about as useless of a description as new wave (and later, alternative), but each label showcased the era’s best music, and each … Continue reading Record Label Spotlight: 4AD
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