When Music and Culture Became So Important, a Museum of Cultural Impact Was Born
A big part of Seattle’s MoPOP is a celebration of and destination for 90s grunge and alternative music and the culture it helped create...
SAMPLE THIS: The Beastie Boys’ Groundbreaking LP ‘Paul’s Boutique’ at 35
Discover why, after 35 years, Beastie Boys album, Paul's Boutique, is still influencing hip-hop artists today.
Be It Music Or Writing, Vulnerability Is What Connects Us
The best art is when vulnerability meets passion. The music of the early 90s displayed that formula and the rest, as they say, is history.
It Was Time For Anger
Why Nirvana's and grunge music's timing was perfect for the angry youth in drastic need of a change.
Buy Concert Tickets or Don’t, but Understand We All Have a Hand in Their Skyrocketing Prices
Ticket companies, promoters, venues, artists, the music industry, streaming services, technology, and fans are all responsible for the...
Nearly 12,000 Days After Its 1st Single, Pearl Jam Sounds As Strong As Ever On Its Latest Release, "Dark Matter"
(Photo Credit - Pearl Jam Facebook Cover) I will go out on a limb and say most musicians would bet against the idea of being around long...
Distorted Guitars, Flannel Shirts, and Teen Angst - The Marketing of "Grunge"
They say music brings people together. I've personally witnessed how true that statement is thousands of times over. There's a kinship...
I Wrote a Book About Music That Came Out More Than 30 Years Ago...Should Anyone Care?
You conjure up an idea, scribble down some notes on a piece of paper, make voice memos on your phone, and voila, about three and a half...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke discussing a bunch of albums from the 1990s for you to argue with him about Album #3 Public Enemy...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke discussing a bunch of albums from the 1990s for you to argue with him about Album #2 Fugazi -...
Lollapalooza...The Early Days
A personal account of one of the biggest music festivals in the world Pearl Jam in 1992 at Lollapalooza II in Waterloo Village, NJ....
The Hypnogogue: The Church’s Ghost in the Machine
By Robert Dean Lurie I. Here comes the future according to me The Church’s The Hypnogogue is weird, wonderful, and relentlessly...
90 For The 90s
The blog series created by Rob Janicke that discusses a bunch of albums from the 90s for you to argue with him about Album #1 Jane's...
When Sound Evokes Memory
Science suggests music can bring back memories and my soul agrees I recently heard a song off of the 1995 album Above by the short-lived...
Precursor To Immortality
Both a treasure map of things to come and a sometimes disjointed debut album, Radiohead released Pablo Honey 30 years ago I've always...
The Technology Takeover
As Artificial Intelligence continues to challenge the traditional music industry, the line in the sand between those for and against it...
Kurt Cobain Would Have Turned 56 On February 20, 2023
Celebrating the life of one of the most unlikely cultural icons Photo credit - Charles Peterson When you reach my age (50 is just a few...
Writing a Book is Hard, but Enjoying the Process is Easy
It's fitting that as I write this blog I've got the odd-timed, semi-psychedelic "Head Down" off of Soundgarden's 1994 release,...
Improvisational Chaos & Disorder
The incomparable Frank Zappa left the world 29 years ago today and took with him a large swath of the cool, the weird, and the muddle...
29 Years Of Wu
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the debut album of Hip-Hop pioneers, Wu-Tang Clan, continues to influence nearly three decades after its...
