History, some have said, is an accumulative science. Of necessity, it builds on what has come before, on what others have studied and written. Yet the building blocks are events, all of which — to the dismay of many students — are tied to particular dates. And while the dates themselves may [...]
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Tim August 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Book Reviews, classic rock, Culture, Music, Review Copy | Category: Book Reviews | One comment |
 Print This Post |  Email This PostIn the few times I’ve seen Jackson Browne in concert, I think it’s always been after David Lindley was no longer part of his road band. I do have a vague recollection of having seen Lindley perform as a sideman, for lack of a better term, at least once before but the brain cells [...] Tim August 8th, 2010 | Tags: classic rock, concerts, Jackson Browne, Music | Category: Music | Leave a comment |
Print This Post | Email This PostI’m going to offer up another exhibit on RIAA’s shortsightedness on the original Napster. The first song or songs I heard from Everclear’s Songs From an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning to Smile, released 10 years ago this week, were Napster downloads. I’d not heard anything by the band before I came [...] Tim July 14th, 2010 | Tags: Everclear, Midweek Music Moment, Music, rock | Category: Music | One comment |
Print This Post | Email This PostToday’s music moment comes about only because of today’s news. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings 1961, the outstanding performance by the Bill Evans Trio, is one of 25 new additions to the National Recording Registry. In making the announcement, the Library of Congress said the five sets the trio performed on June 25, 1961, “are [...] Tim June 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Bill Evans, jazz, Midweek Music Moment, Music | Category: Music | Leave a comment |
Print This Post | Email This PostWhen the June 9, 1973, issue of Billboard magazine briefly reviewed Jimmy Buffett’s new release, it called it a “[g]ood soft rock collection.” Evidently, the reviewer didn’t get any clues from the album title or liner notes or pay any attention to the opening notes or other content of the album. Okay, there might be [...] Tim June 9th, 2010 | Tags: country music, Jimmy Buffett, Midweek Music Moment, Music | Category: Music | Leave a comment |
Print This Post | Email This PostEven though I probably wasn’t aware of the routine yet, Abbott and Costello’s classic “Who’s On First?” reminds me of buying The Guess Who’s American Woman. I called my best friend on the phone after getting the album and the conversation went something like: “I got the new album by The Guess Who.” “Who?” “The Guess Who.” “Who?” “Not [...] Tim May 12th, 2010 | Tags: 1970s, American Woman, classic rock, Midweek Music Moment, Music, The Guess Who | Category: Music | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostBy the most common definition of the term, The Ides of March were a one hit wonder band. Forty years ago this week their song “Vehicle” broke onto the Billboard charts, where it would peak at number two in late May 1970. Never again would the band hit the top 40. A popular Chicago-area [...] Tim April 14th, 2010 | Tags: classic rock, Midweek Music Moment, Music | Category: Music | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostRandy Cohen, the NYT‘s “ethicist” caused a minor uproar when he opined last weekend that although downloading a pirated electronic version of a book you already own might be illegal, it is ethical. It led to blood boiling on the part of some publishers and authors while others weren’t all that concerned. [...] Tim April 8th, 2010 | Tags: Books, Music, technology | Category: A Reading Life, Music | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostGranted, it’s a compilation album. And it comes after both Sgt. Pepper’s and Abbey Road. That said, Hey Jude, a/k/a The Beatles Again, was long my favorite Beatles album — and remains among my favorites 40 years after it was released. Some don’t consider this an “official” Beatles album because it is a compilation. [...] Tim February 24th, 2010 | Tags: Beatles, classic rock, Midweek Music Moment, Music | Category: Music | One comment - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostWhat’s going on at the Vatican? Is Pope Benedict trying to be even more hip than John Paul II? On Sunday, its official newspaper published a list of the top 10 rock albums. Not surprisingly, none of the records on its list of Desert Island Discs is on my list. Even [...] Tim February 16th, 2010 | Tags: Beatles, Bob Dylan, Music, Pink Floyd, Santana | Category: Music | Comments are closed |
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