My mind was wandering the other day. And as it it’s prone to do these days, my brain had ventured back to the semi-distant past. I was thinking of my Playlist based on the songs of 1983. Well, to be more accurate, I was thinking back mulling over events that occurred 40 years ago and…
Last Friday the Queens of the Stone Age – Josh Homme (guitars/keyboards/vocals), Troy Van Leeuwen (guitars/keyboards), Dean Fertita (guitars/keyboards), Michael Schuman (bass) and Jon Theodore (drums) – returned after six years with their new album In Times New Roman. I’ve always been more of a Helvetica man myself, but I do love this hard rocking…
“If there’s a will, there’s always a fucking way…” – John Mellencamp, “Orpheus Descending” I was stunned a few weeks ago to see that John Mellencamp had released two new songs, “Hey God” and “The Eyes Of Portland,” and had an album coming out this month. Both new songs are really superb protest songs…
*Photograph of this “classic” AMC Hornet, while not my dad’s car, is eerily similar…although dad never would have sprung for the “fancy” two-tone white/orange interior While summer doesn’t officially start until June 21st, it’s in full swing here at B&V. I’ve already broken out the Summer Playlist while I struggle to baste my body…
Bob Dylan, like every other artist in the world, wasn’t able to tour for a few years because of the COVID epidemic. I’m sure this hit Dylan extra hard since he’s been on what they call the “Never Ending Tour” for years now. The guy is a road warrior. Anyway, he had to hit…
What a couple of weeks it’s been since I took a short break from B&V. We sadly lost Tina Turner and John Mellencamp released two great protest songs… but then I’ve always loved Protest Songs. Here at B&V the wife has gone on the lamb with her daughter for a “girl’s weekend.” Or as I…
I was surprised recently to find out that John Mellencamp is putting out a new album on June 16th, Orpheus Descending. It was merely a year and a half ago that Mellencamp released Strictly One-Eyed Jacks, an album that had three collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, including the sensational “Wasted Days.” While I did describe…
*Image of Tina Turner taken from the internet and likely copyrighted…. I was in the midst of finishing my post on the new Dave Matthews Band album, Walk Around The Moon, when the sad news came in that we’d lost a legend, Tina Turner. She was 83 and she was had been in ill health…
As I’ve mentioned in my last few posts (my playlist on ‘Flying,’ and the Pretenders new single), I stepped away from B&V for a small vacation and a bunch of new music came out. While I was away, the Dave Matthews Band released their 10th album (Dave’s 11th if you include his solo LP Some…
“We don’t have to fade to black, let the sun come in” – The Pretenders, “Let The Sun Come In” As I mentioned in my last post, my playlist with songs about Flying, I took a small break from B&V… call it a vacation. I spent most of that time away from music, although…