What's on my mind today?
Anyone who’s ever heard me talk about music knows that I love The Beach Boys. Their music, lyrics, and harmonies are pure poetry, and Brian Wilson is an absolute American treasure. The band has been through an awful lot of turmoil over the years, most noticeably the mental problems suffered by Brian Wilson, [...]
Christmas music is inescapable this time of year. If you listen long enough, you’ll notice two things. First, there’s only actually a dozen or so Christmas songs, they’ve just each been recorded so many times that the stations can go 24-7 and rarely play the same song by the same artist more than [...]
This Saturday night, Courtney and I got a rare night out, just the two of us. We always look forward to making these “date nights” fun and romantic evenings, and this time was no different. We started off at a lovely local restaurant called Ruvo, where we sat at a corner table and [...]
Hey, remember that time when I wrote about my favorite Dylan cover songs? Well this post is sorta like that, except now I’m picking covers of songs by The Beatles. Why? Why not!
Aerosmith – Come Together
I think the best thing about this cover is early-career Steven Tyler’s voice. It just feels like he was [...]
Downtown Huntington is a beautiful place (I may have something of a bias, I admit.). But there has been one considerable eyesore there lately – an old closed down theatre. It’s recently been under constriction, set to open up as The Paramount Theatre, a new concert hall.
A brand new concert venue, so close to us [...]
This past weekend, both my wife and my sister insulted the singing voice of Mr. Robert Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan. Now, poking fun at the gravely voice of the throaty folkster is nothing new, and sure, he doesn’t sound much like your average singer. But you just can’t dispute his genius. He [...]
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here! The new Weird Al CD! Alpocalypse! YAY!
So how is it?
Obviously, I picked it up on my way to work this morning, and I’ve listened to it repeatedly as much as possible. (With headphones, in case you were wondering. Not because [...]
Well, yesterday was certainly a whirlwind day for “weird Al” Yankovic (and his fans.)
The controversy started when Al wrote a blog post detailing his issues when trying to get Lady Gaga to approve a parody of her song “Born This Way” called “Perform This Way.” Definitely give his blog post a read – he is [...]
As a general rule, I don’t much enjoy musicals/legitimate theatre. As a kid, my mother dragged me to many Broadway shows, all of which I hated. Courtney and I have seen a few shows on the Great White Way over the years, and while I didn’t hate any of them, there were none [...]
For a long time, every time we’d walk into Buy Buy Baby (which is incredibly often, as you might imagine), I would be intrigued by their displays of Rockabye Baby! Cd’s. For those who don’t know, these are discs of popular music that have been converted into baby-friendly songs.
The idea is simple – music that [...]
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