During my last trip out in the GTO, I realized that it’s been months since I actually changed the CDs in the car’s 6-disc changer deck. As if to prove the point, when I cycled through the discs to see what was what, I found half of the catalog was still left over from [...]

Rock and roll just used to be for kicks
And nowadays it’s politics
And after 1986 what else could be new?
So sang Billy Joel in his 1986 single “Modern Woman,” a song meant to light-heartedly illustrate how the stereotypical man’s antiquated behavior toward women was no longer effective. In recent times, though, I’ve started adopting the [...]

So here I am again, emerging from another months-long hiatus to gush about a rock band from Japan. I did it last year with Puffy, and now it’s time for…Shonen Knife. The female rock trio has been rocking out for over 25 years now — and has been making regular tours of America for about [...]

2007 has been a banner year for CD purchasing for me so far. I swear, I haven’t bought this many CDs in such a short period of time since I worked at a music store — and back then I had the excuse of a 30% employee discount to blame for my constant music purchases [...]

I was browsing the Agony Booth forums today and saw this little gem:
Stan Bush Working On Possible New Song For Transformers Movie
All I have to say is: YEEEAAAAAAHHH, YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAH!
Also: WILFORD BRIMLEY OATMEAL SLAM!
Edit: This is the ultimate in cheesy, bad ’80s music videos. That means, of course, that it’s probably the greatest thing ever.

This afternoon I found a link to a YouTube posting of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest parody song, “White and Nerdy.” It’s nothing short of hilarious. And, I might admit, more than a little representative of myself! The best rap/geek crossover song since “It’s All About The Pentiums,” this is sure to be [...]

Well, I guess it’s up to me to keep the posts going for the time being. Lucky you.
I’ve been doing some digging into all things Puffy lately (I had a reason…really), and I found out some odd things about their album The Hit Parade. The album itself is full of cover tunes, i.e. songs made [...]

I hate being right sometimes.
This past winter and spring, I was fond of telling my friends that the upcoming summer was going to be insanely hot, because the winter had been remarkably warm. After a couple of weeks of mid-to-high 90 degree days (with the humidity and heat index applied, temperatures were easily over 100 [...]

You knew this was coming, right?
Since I posted my thoughts of the Puffy concert in Detroit last week, I figured I’d post my thoughts on the album that spawned said tour – Splurge, due out today in the U.S. on Tofu Records. You cannot escape the Puffy machine…at least when I’m posting, that is (which [...]

Since yesterday’s post was warmly received by all two people who read it, and because I’m so “ubseased” (as ARCHORRobin2 would say back in the old Sailor Moon Room Chat — how’s that for an old school reference?), I decided to post some of my favorite Puffy clips currently available on YouTube.
YouTube is, of course, [...]