"A Complete Unknown" Gets It Right
This thing has a heart.
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Deciphering "Beatles '64"
Disney+, the channel for normies to get access to Beatles rarities, is at it again.
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby
The other day, I was driving somewhere and listening to Little Steven’s show on Underground Garage. He was talking about Brian Jones’ death, and I appreciated that he actually said the words “murder” and offered his opinions on who was behind this unfortunate occurrence. I was listening to him
remnants: Springsteen & U2, World AIDS Day Concert, Times Square, December 1, 2014
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN"
Low Cut Connie live, Columbus, OH, November 19, 2024
Rough fuckin' week in America / I wanna throw my haircut against that wall
remnants: Welcome to the Occupation, R.E.M. at MSG, November 4, 2004
Let’s put our heads together/and start a new country up.
"a fighting prayer for our country" - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Toronto, November 6, 2024
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't.
Why Bruce Springsteen's "Road Diary" works so well
What Road Diary does particularly well is unpack how Springsteen works his magic.
Heartbreakers Beach Party
What’s unique is that Heartbreakers Beach Party gets to exist in a vacuum.
On the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2024 Induction Ceremony
The Rock Hall matters because it matters, but they have got to do better.
LONG LIVE THE MC5: the MC5's history in Southwestern Michigan
"While I do not intend to take such radical steps such as boycotting the Hullabaloo, I will never again spend $2.50 to see these guys."
remnants: Talk About A Dream - Ed Vedder with the E Street Band, CAA, E. Rutherford, NJ, October 13, 2004
"hello everyone, hello New Jersey. Bruce asked me to do this song, and since he’s the boss and I’m the employee, here it is.”
Concert Reviews
remnants: Big Star's Third, March 26, 2011
Big Star remains the mythical beast it was when I first heard about them in the 80s, and rightly so.
Concert Reviews
Notes on PJ Harvey: Cathedral Theater, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, 9-28-24
What on record is deep and multilayered becomes a living, breathing organism onstage
Concert Reviews
remnants: The Replacements, West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, Queens, September 19, 2014
For my second Replacements show in a week, tonight we are in Queens.
Scattered thoughts on John Mellencamp at Pine Knob, 9-15-24
I did not expect to enjoy his set as much as I did.
Film Reviews
On the Little Steven Documentary, "Disciple"
The question I kept asking myself when thinking about the documentary was, "Why does it matter?"
Book Reviews
music book review: Chris Stein's "Under A Rock"
It's memoir szn
Book Reviews
New music, new book: Masha Marjieh & Steve Wynn
New music from Masha Marjieh & a memoir from Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn
Concert Reviews
The Gaslight Anthem, Detroit, MI, 9-1-24
we were always waiting for something to happen.
Three Minute Record
Three Minute Record: Jackie Wilson, "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
Mr. Excitement!
Fandom
On Oasis & Band Reunions
By the time this publishes tomorrow Noel and Liam Gallagher will have likely announced that Oasis is reuniting.
Springsteen
remnants: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band,The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, October 20, 2009
Everyone who wasn’t at Philly #4 wants to shoot themselves.
Book Reviews
book review: Mia Zapata and the Gits: A Story of Art, Rock, and Revolution
It is the story of Mia’s life and not just her death.