Winona Fighter - New Punk Music For The Masses
Proof that punk rock DIY ethos still exists...and thrives Winona Fighter promo photo It's been a minute since I last wrote a piece on a...
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.
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 #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....
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...
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,...
Toadies Are Alive And Well
Fort Worth rock veterans owned the crowd at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey Photo credit - Michael Kravetsky/Watermrk Studios...
A Superstar Is Born
Dave Grohl debuts with Nirvana 32 years ago today No one could've predicted that a skinny punk rock drummer from the Washington D.C....
Getting Better With Age
R.E.M.'s 1992 album Automatic For The People still sounds amazing 30 years later Automatic For The People was released in the United...
Slacker: 1991, Teen Spirit Angst, and the Generation It Created
A behind-the-scenes look at this crazy journey as I write my first book For those of you who've known me since the late 80s/early 90s,...
Nirvana's Nevermind Turns 31 Today
With over 75 million albums sold, billions of streams, and generations of fans, Nirvana is still relevant 31 years after its iconic...
It's Called Gratitude, And That's Right
Celebrating the life and music of Beastie Boys Adam Yauch (MCA) on what would've been his 58th birthday Today is my daughter's birthday....
Music For Insight & Regard, But Mostly, For The FKN Love
Arrested Development's latest album just might be their best. My conversation with Speech about this and much more. “When the hard stuff...
