Music

An underappreciated “Billy Idol” gem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2GSBEcOKo0 In my dream last night, I heard a song I haven’t listened to in ages: The Dead Next Door,…

4 weeks ago

Unexpected: Body Count’s cover of “Comfortably Numb” with David Gilmour on guitar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl8zhYA0BHU Definitely not anything I would’ve predicted.

2 months ago

Lollapalooza 1991: Now THAT was a concert!

Wednesday, August 7, 1991: A sunny day at Toronto’s CNE Grandstand, and what a lineup: Butthole Surfers Siouxsie and the…

2 months ago

AC/DC meets the attack on the Death Star

The video below has been making the internet rounds, but I wanted to make sure you saw it — two…

8 months ago

[Update] Tonight’s gig at JolliMons Island is canceled

It would’ve been the band’s last official gig of 2023 for Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons — which includes yours…

11 months ago

Join me, Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons at JolliMons Island this Tuesday!

Tap to view at full size. After a summer hiatus, Tom Hood and the Tropical Sons (of which I am…

1 year ago

We’re getting the band back together this Tuesday!

JolliMons Island is in Clearwater — 301 S Belcher Road. This Tuesday, September 19th at JolliMons Island in Clearwater, I’ll be…

1 year ago

Jimmy Buffett’s career wasn’t THAT long…

50 decades? That’s 500 years.Tap to view at full size. I think whoever was assembling the “lower third” for CNN’s…

1 year ago

In memory of Sinéad O’Connor: The Hank Shocklee remix of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

I had this CD single; here’s its J-card.Tap to view at full size. In honor of Sinéad O’Connor, who died…

1 year ago

You say “big nerd” as if it’s a BAD thing…

Thanks to Lara Beaton for the find! I was a synth player before I was an accordion player. Also, electronic…

2 years ago