Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
Album Review: Black Sabbath ’13’; Not bad for a bunch of old geezers… [rating=4] It seemed like the new album ‘13‘ from Black Sabbath was a cursed affair, doomed like it’s unlucky number of a title. Tony Iommi was stricken with cancer, Ozzy relapsed, and Drummer Bill Ward quit the band in a huff over money […]
Black Sabbath are allowing fans a chance to stream their new album ‘13‘ on iTunes for free, ahead of its official release next week on June 11th. You can check out the full stream by clicking here. Important: you need to click the ‘view in iTunes‘ button next to the band name to hear the […]
Let’s celebrate the life and legacy of the late Ray Harryhausen with a look at his 10 Best Movie Monsters. Ray Harryhausen passed away this week at 92 years old. Kids today who are used to CGI might be hard-pressed to name his work, but for those of my age or older, he’s the name […]
Poll Results: The votes are in for The Top 10 Alternative Rock Drummers! So let’s countdown the winners. Tied entries are listed in reverse alphabetical order. Let’s begin: 10. Chuck Biscuits 3% The former Danzig drummer’s solid chops brought distinction for his work with Danzig as well as Black Flag and Social Distortion, just to name […]
No sooner did I post that The Cure were confirmed as headliners for both weekends of the 2013 ACL Music festival did the announcement for the full lineup appear on the festival’s website and Facebook page. This is a lineup that will make many alternative rock fans shit their pants. In addition to the Cure and Muse, Depeche […]
Well news of Austin’s ACL Fest Lineup just took a turn for the gloriously gloomy. Alternative Rock Icons The Cure are scheduled to headline both weekends of the 2013 festival. The band was rumored to headline when an anagram of their name was featured on the festivals webpage last week (as ERH TCUE). There slot was […]
Top 10 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes: A look back at the 10 best episodes of a cult classic TV series. Shows like The Soup, The Daily Show, Tosh.0, along with snarky blogs like mine, have had great success goofing over pop culture mishaps. But I wonder, would it be that way without Mystery Science Theater […]
Poll Results: Top 10 Alternative Rock Bassists As voted for by you! The results for our Best Alternative Rock Bassists Poll are in! I’ve compiled a list of the Top 10. There were several ties; entries 10-8 were tied at 3%, 7-6 at 4% and 5-4 at 5%. For tied entries I listed in reverse alphabetical […]
Stream 2013 Coachella Festival on YouTube, starting tonight. It’s that time of year again! The 2013 installment of the Coachella Music festival in Indio, California kicks off tonight. For those of you (like myself) who aren’t fortunate enough to be rocking out in the desert, we’re all in luck as you’ll be able to stream […]
Come take a ride on our list of the 40 Worst Band Names Ever conjured. Dave Grohl’s excellent SXSW Keynote address was a plea for musicians to rely on their inner voice and not use studio gimmickry as a crutch. You can read it in full here. When he spoke about his high school band […]