Love Child (Never Meant To Be)
Bandcamp has a feature on Sonic Youth and Beat Happening contemporaries, Love Child. John Morrison, writing about the short-lived group, notes that their sound, while not pop-punk as we think of it, nevertheless was both pop and punk. Particularly on their early 7” singles, they have a shambling,
Your Analyst Was A Placekicker For The Falcons
Examining the attempts to replace religious observances with secular equivalents.
Music Media Mayhem
What is the best way to buy and consume music in 2024?
A La Sala
A band that has spawned many imitators keeps adding to the quality of their catalog.
The City We Forgot To Name
More evidence of bias in mainstream journalism.
Substack Lock-In
Will the latest Substack controversy have legs?
Borderline Savings Time
The shifts in some of the most prominent Christian cultures in the U.S. have been disturbing.
Sharing Is Caring
How do you give the gift of music without tapes?
Oh Spotify, All Is Forgiven
Neil Young put his catalog back on Spotify. He was moved to do so by the fact that Apple and Amazon are now serving the podcast he objected to (The Joe Rogan Experience) and that led him to remove his music from the streaming service. He reasons that he can&
We’re Big Pants People Again
The NYT recently ran a piece about baggy pants coming into fashion again. The observances about the cyclical nature of fashion trends made me pause to reminisce a bit. My dad drove me the four hours across mostly rural NC that it took to get to my college orientation back