“This is the end of every song that we singThe fire burned out to ash, and the stars grown dim with tears” – The Cure, “Alone” The Cure have returned after 16 years and delivered a brand new album, Songs Of A Lost World. And when I say “delivered,” I mean they’ve delivered what might…
*Photo of The Struts (from l. to r. -Gethin Davies, Luke Spiller, Jed Elliott) taken by your intrepid blogger with his crap iPhone camera There’s nothing like a good ol’ rock n roll concert to shake me out of the workaday doldrums. The Rock Chick discovered a few months back that the Struts, who we…
*Image of the cover of ‘The Great Gatsby’ taken from the internet and probably still copyrighted somewhere… I was sorting some books on my office bookshelf last weekend at the behest of the Rock Chick and came across my tattered copy of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece novel. I was, as I always…
“I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you…FIRE” – Arthur Brown, “Fire” For reasons unclear I don’t think I’ve done a playlist since like, June, when I did my “Road Songs” list. Maybe it’s all these box sets I’m spending my time with from Pete Townshend to the Faces. It’s been a busy…
*Picture of Cage The Elephant, barely visible in the light show, taken by your intrepid blogger I think I have found my new favorite alternative rock band and it’s Cage The Elephant. In the early days of our marriage the Rock Chick and I shared very similar musical tastes. But as time has gone on,…
I think one of the things that I enjoy most these days is the fact that veteran rockers continue to come up with ways to surprise me. While I’ve been floating in a Pearl Jam cloud since I saw them a week ago in Chicago, and have been keeping an eye out for anticipated releases…
*Eddie Vedder, pictured above honoring the great Walter Payton, and drummer Matt Cameron taken by your intrepid blogger Thursday night… I have just returned from seeing Pearl Jam up in Chicago, at the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, (home of the Cubs) on Thursday night, August 29th. I won’t lie, I’m still in that post-concert…
The Smashing Pumpkins have released a new album, entitled Aghori Mhori Mei, and I can’t lie, I’m very pleasantly surprised by this album. The title of the album – which I still haven’t found a translation for… I’ve read it’s Latin and means “I’m ready to die,” but you can’t trust the internet – is…
As long time readers know, (obviously) we love rock n roll at B&V. And I have always tried to keep it positive around here when talking about the music we love. Heaven knows, there’s enough negative energy out there to sink us all. And at the heart of it, I’m a lover, not a fighter……
A few weeks back there were rumblings coming out of Third Man Records, Jack White’s small independent record company, that a new Jack White solo album, his sixth, had hit the street. Customers who purchased vinyl albums – and Third Man is nothing if not a vinyl paradise – were receiving a free, unmarked album…