Archive for November 22nd, 2012

by / on November 22, 2012 at 10:46 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Record Store Day/Black Friday 2012 picks: Bob Dylan, Joe Strummer, Miles Davis, My Morning Jacket

Where else will you find, side by side by side, new reissues of Miles Davis’ Porgy and Bess, Nirvana’s 1992 compilation Incesticide, and the Fat Boys’ Pizza Box album — packaged in (yes) a pizza box?

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by / on November 22, 2012 at 8:31 am / in Movies, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Movies: Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements (2012)

It wasn’t quite as nihilistically put out as punk, so it had little credibility there. It wasn’t sweetly composed enough to connect with pop fans, either.

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by / on November 22, 2012 at 7:55 am / in One Track Mind, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Jellyfish, “The Man I Used To Be” (1990)

One of the greatest rewards of parenting is when the love you invest in your child is appreciated and paid back. On this day that’s ostensibly about being thankful, I’m thankful that my child does love me back

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by / on November 22, 2012 at 7:22 am / in Indie Bands, Jazz, Uncategorized, Vocalists

Beth Duncan – Come the Fall (2012)

Amazon.com Widgets Beth Duncan’s Come the Fall isn’t the purpled and foreboding project that its title might suggest. If anything, it’s exactly the opposite

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by / on November 22, 2012 at 6:49 am / in Concerts, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Greg Lake – Greg Lake Live (2006)

As Greg Lake continues his celebrated one-man “Songs of a Lifetime” tour through the UK and Italy, I returned to this 2-DVD career retrospective from Image Entertainment/Warner Music Vision.

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