Category Archives: Music Commentary and Criticism

Philip Glass Could Have Been a Shredder

January 26, 2009 – 3:52 PM

You might think from looking at the above headline that I am about to send huge props out to Philip Glass. This is not the case. If you love all things Philip Glass passionately and feel that he is the God Penis Incarnate, I suggest you move on. If you have never experienced Philip Glass, [...]

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Guns N’ Roses, You Continue To Be Missed

January 15, 2009 – 2:42 PM

Something has happened to rock music. It has splintered. It has consolidated. Tastes have changed. Tastes have reverted. It has become indie, but indie is so corporate. It is anemic, juvenile, and overly concerned with the cantankerous and pontifical music blog scene. I would love to hear something—anything—that lights the mass imagination like 1987’s Appetite [...]

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ATTACK ON URANUS Does Not Suck As Much As I Hoped

April 21, 2008 – 2:38 PM

Like everyone else out there, I have a MySpace page that I check on about once every 1 to 5 months. I occasionally get a friend invite, usually from porn websites or call girl services, but other than that, there’s nothing to really DO on MySpace. Not that I’ve found, anyway. But there are the [...]

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Crapping On What You Love: An Album Still Wrapped in Hype: Sgt. Peppers by the Beatles

March 12, 2008 – 1:44 PM

Hype is defined by Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as: to promote or publicize extravagantly. While there may not be a public relations blitz to keep Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles on top of the current music hot 100 type bullshit stuff, it still makes it to the top of influential music lists [...]

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