So, much of 2016 was terrible. I won't go into why, you either agree with me or you think the chicago cubs are more important than america. So much death and heartbreak, and my response has been to drink way too much, eat garbage, and scroll down my tumblr page with a dead look in my eyes. In an effort to become a healthy productive member of the ( Read more... )

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What the hell? I was not cool enough to be into much of this stuff at the time, I was cool enough to be dancing to Madonna's "Like a Prayer" with lesbians. Watch out for the lyrics on that soundgarden song, don't play it with grandma around.

I just got back from a run and I want to share the music that was shuffled at me. It's a range of tempos and moods, but all VERY intense:

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I just heard Faster Pussycat's "Ship Rolls In" for the first time in probably over 20 years. I used to like Faster Pussycat for some reason--perhaps there are other songs of theirs that hold up better. That song, however, is a blatant ripoff of the New York Dolls signature tune "Personality Crisis." I don't know how I never noticed before--I feel ( Read more... )

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I went and described Spore as best as I could, meanwhile you can listen to their first album in part or whole whenever you want. Here's "Splinter" my favorite song of theirs.

In the 90s, arguably the best band playing in Boston was Spore. They were a noise rock outfit with the kind of dynamics that Nirvana would later turn into superstardom. Their songs might start sounding like a plaintive moan and would work their way to blistering raw noise. They also had a great sense of melody to hang all this noise on and make you ( Read more... )

I have a Pandora station I named "Bong Water on the Van Carpet." Right now it's playing "Comfortably Numb." Out of curiosity I checked "why was this track selected?"

Based on what you've told us so far, we're playing this track because it features mystical qualities, a subtle use of vocal harmony, a clear focus on recording studio production, ( Read more... )