The Clash represent the best of what punk could be, as well as the worst. They created some of the most defining songs of the movement, but they also stand as an example of what unbridled passion can do to a band. The Clash exploded, seemingly incapable of containing their own brand of incendiary politics. ...
Top ten lists tend to annoy most people more than enlighten. I’ve personally never encountered a top ten list of anything with which I completely agreed. In fact, the fun usually comes from wondering what in the heck the list compiler was thinking in putting one or two particular entries onto the list. Still, I ...
Ahh Vinyl! That most tangible of musical pleasures. I remember the pure joy I used to feel going to my local record store and picking up the latest great album on vinyl. I remember receiving ‘London Calling’ by ‘The Clash’ for Xmas in 1979. It was a double vinyl disc and it had weight, it ...
Piano bars come in many shapes and sizes and could be located in cocktail lounges, restaurants, hotel lobbies, and even cruise ships. From the lone pianist playing softly at the end of the bar, to the rock concert like setting of a dueling piano bar, this concept has been around for awhile. Piano bars continue ...
A lot of excellent rock music has come out over the past fifty years on vinyl, CD, and various other formats. About 200 albums came right to mind, when I was asked to list the top 50 rock albums of all time. Somehow I narrowed it down to the fifty best and most influential rock ...
Pablo Picasso suffers from being a lazy artist. Let me explain that before you start in on me. I don’t mean lazy in terms of output and I certainly don’t mean to imply that he didn’t expend a terrific amount of energy in essentially revolutionizing modern art. What I mean is that Picasso often favored ...