In the late 80s there was an echo of punk that came to be grunge. Nirvana and Pearl Jam came out of Seattle and the Pixies came out of Boston. Like 70s punk with its intellectual anger, these bands spat loud about the question "why?" or rather "WHY????". Of them all, the Pixies were the most …

While Cory and the boys at Boing are going on and on (and on and on) about the reasons why artists and other creators should go without payment, the BBC is apparently doing the right thing for us all and paying our way. I am watching the wonderful Franz Ferdinand video for "This Fire" from a link …

After getting the 25th Anniversary edition of London Calling I ordered this CD as well as a couple more of the Joe Strummer and Mescalaros CDs. Having listened to them all I am convinced that Joe Strummer played a significant role in my musical and political philosophy. I am not saying 75% of my …

Saturday at noon [3.3MB, 19 sec].

While he did not create the music I have listened to most of my life, he did a great deal to determine who I heard and perhaps how I heard it. A moment for the life and work of BBC radio host John Peel who has died.

“...Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around...”  •  The weird thing about They Might Be Giants is their lyrics provide the comebacks you really want to say during contract negotiations. You don't really want to tell someone to go to h-e-double-hockey-sticks. You want to tell them …

“Doug Bennett, the lead singer of the Canadian indie band Doug and the Slugs, died Saturday following an undisclosed lengthy illness. He was 52.”  •  1984 with Renouf and Fishhead at the Misty Moon, I was leaning against a post during "Too Bad" looking around and when I looked at the stage the …

Last winter I was wondering about ambient sound recordings and blogs. At that time, I made the noted short short film Snow Sound with the Sony DSC-P32 as I was thinking about sound but today I bought a Sony ICD-ST10, a dedicated digital IC recorder. Essentially it is a digital camera for noise …

The weirdest thing about this CD, the 25th anniversary re-release of The Clash's London Calling, for me was realizing that my Dad was eight years older than I am now when I brought home the original double album which still sits in my closet. Mom was only four years older. Tonight, playing it …