“It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment…”
RockGeek Fact of the Day #33433
Happy 49th Birthday to Michael Stipe of REM! Listen to the song “Driver 8” and see if it sounds familiar. There’s a series of minor chords that guitarist Peter Buck would use again on “The One I Love,” “Losing My Religion,” and “Bang and Blame,” among others. Talking about “Driver 8” recently, Stipe said, “It’s like...
Happy New Year (from Abba)
King EvRock’s Soulsonic Decade
Bringing The Party Back To The People… Despite the 2000’s being soaked with celebrity deaths, unwanted wars, cowboy presidents, and the bankruptcy of the U.S.A., there was an rebirth of music as power, public praise and acceptance of guerrilla art, and, most importantly, the reemergence of DIY basement parties. KingEvRock’s Soul Story by KingEvRock This decade taught me that...
RockGeek Fact of the Day #310
Happy Festivus!
Frank Costanza: “Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.” Kramer: “What happened to the doll?” Frank Costanza: “It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!” Kramer:...
That one too…
I use Facebook, MySpace, Last.fm, MOG, HypeMachine, LaLa, and a few other music discovery/listening sites. They’re all good for a whole bunch of different reasons. And I was rather surprised when, of all places, I got totally hooked on Muse while watching Saturday Night Live. SNL hasn’t really been a major force in music since … well … ever. They’ve always done great...
RockGeek Fact of the Day #505
Pure genius.
I still love radio…
I just checked the “This Day in History” section of my local (online) newspaper. Two interesting birthdays today: Rodney Bingenheimer and Alan Freed. Both, in their own way, revolutionized radio; they made it into something bigger than themselves. And both ended up in their own relative obscurity. Alan Freed, for those who don’t know, virtually created the term “rock and...