Category: Record reviews
-
Run-DMSteve roundup!
Today’s vocabulary word is “leverage,” and I don’t mean the TV show about happy-go-lucky con artists who police the global economy but can’t figure out how to date. I have leveraged my blog into a regular slot at www.thenervousbreakdown.com, and if you enjoy what I’m dishing out here I hope…
-
I’m happy just to dance with you: A few thoughts on The Beatles
If you’re going to set up shop as a music writer, you will eventually have to write about The Beatles. I can’t put this off any longer, so let’s get right into it with a few words about Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth changed baseball in almost every way. In 1920…
-
Guide for the perplexed
When I was 15 and maybe even 20 I knew what was happening. Not every note, but I knew a lot. OK, I missed something big once. Epic, really: punk. In 1977 I was offered a free ticket to see The Clash on their first U.S. tour and I turned…
-
My godlike techno powers make Iron Man look like Captain Underpants
When I started this blog, my goals were to learn a new technology, make tons of money, and meet lots of chicks. (Two of these goals were somewhat theoretical.) Six months later, I have conquered search engine optimization. I have mastered categories, widgets, themes, and menus. I have memorized my…
-
Don’t You (Forget About Parentheses)
“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” Simple Minds 1985 Today I want to have a word with you about guilty pleasures, which, for the purpose of this disquisition, we shall define as enjoying things that you might be too embarrassed to enjoy if anyone found out you were enjoying them. I’m…
Run-DMSteve 