*Photo taken from the internet & likely copyrighted “I like pleasure spiked with pain, and music is my aeroplane…” – Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Aeroplane” I took a little time away from B&V to recharge the musical batteries. As it turns out I’ve also spent a little time in airports and airplanes recently as well……
Let me start by wishing everyone out there a belated Happy May Day! If you celebrated in the spirit of the United States’ similar holiday, Labor Day, I salute all of you International Workers out there. If you’re into that whole select a May Queen like Robert Plant, and dance around the Maypole, remember all…
“Misery, she needs me… but I need her more…” – Metallica, “Inamorata” Metal giants Metallica have returned with a new album, 72 Seasons, their first album in seven years! I guess we should be relieved it’s only been seven years since Hardwired… to Self Destruct and not the eight years they took between Death Magnetic…
I was traveling for a bit, through the South lands of the U.S. I was wearing a lot of seersucker and white linen… drinking a lot of bourbon out of mason jars and visiting with old friends. It was fun but it prevented me from gathering my thoughts about this really great new live album…
“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life. Now that I am old, I know that it is.” – Oscar Wilde Before I met my wife I was always fond of saying, “Money and sane women have eluded me my whole life.” But since the Rock Chick never…
While we are mostly focused on older artists who have been around for a while and are putting out either new music or stuff from the vault, we do like to keep our eyes on new rock n roll bands here at B&V. Over the years we’ve shared our thoughts on some great new bands…
Some records take time… Like any work of art – be that a movie or a book – sometimes it takes a while for the work to “grow” on you. Depeche Mode’s new album Momento Mori, which came out a few weeks ago, is that type of record. I had to listen to it repeatedly…
It was roughly 1977-1978 when I stopped using my nightstand clock/radio – who needs Apple? – to exclusively listen to Royals games at night and started listening to rock and roll music. In what seemed like the blink of an eye, I’d gone from not listening to music at all, unless my brother had extorted…
It’s no secret that we love the White Stripes around here at B&V. I was delighted to see the band release a deluxe version of their landmark 2003 album Elephant in celebration of it’s 20th anniversary. Included in Elephant – Deluxe is the original album and a concert recording from that tour recorded in Chicago….
“Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way…” – Pink Floyd, “Time” I saw that Pink Floyd’s iconic album Dark Side Of The Moon turned 50 years old this month. That is, on many levels, astounding to me. I first started really listening to…