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.
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Chuck D of Public Enemy Agrees to Sell Music Catalog
In what's becoming one of the hottest trends in the music industry, Chuck D of the iconic Public Enemy has agreed with Reach Music...
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....
10 Years Gone But Never Forgotten
Remembering Beastie Boys founding member, Adam Yauch (MCA) on the 10th anniversary of his death Earlier this week, May 4th to be exact,...
