Music

Canada’s Coolest Band Plays the World’s Coolest Instrument

Proof: This photo from Exclaim! magazine's article on The Arcade Fire:

20 years ago

Happy Easter!

He's back from the dead and ready to par-tay! Happy Easter, everybody! Among other things, Easter in my family also…

20 years ago

Peril from Beyond Space!

My friend and fellow former regular at Tequila Bookworm Scott Watkins invited me to be the opening act for the…

20 years ago

Drivin’ Music

In January 1992, my friend Henry and I decided that we'd do something different for our drive back to Crazy…

20 years ago

You’ve Got to Watch "Scent of a Robot"

Check out this excellent video for an excellent hip-hop number: Pete Miser's Scent of a Robot, in which the narrator…

20 years ago

Nine Inch Nails: The Hand That Feeds

I discovered one of my great guilty musical pleasures -- Nine Inch Nails -- in early 1990, when that first…

20 years ago

RIP Jimmy Smith: 1926 – 2005

Jimmy Smith, master of the "Full Eights" sound on the mighty Hammond B-3! Around 1985, the Yamaha Organ School was…

20 years ago

Rejected Wedding Theme #2

Nina Hagen's cover of My Way. [5.1 MB MP3 file, enclosure].

20 years ago

One Last Video of Crispin Hellion Glover

What sort of nut-job gives their kid the middle name "Hellion" (meaning "troublemaker")? Bruce Glover, that's who. Bruce Glover played…

20 years ago

More Glover Goodness!

For your enjoyment, here's the video for the song Clowny Clown Clown [4.4. MB Windows Media, enclosure], which comes off…

20 years ago