• Having proclaimed The Doors as the most overrated band of all time, I feel compelled to admit that I enjoyed hearing Roadhouse Blues this morning. It was 5am. Or maybe I have a weakness for any song that mentions beer for breakfast (thank you Kris Kristofferson). There’s nothing special about the song. Typical 12 bar…

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  • I brew beer and have written for various craft beer publications, so I have been asked on more than one occasion, “What difference does it make if a beer is made by a small brewery or a big corporation?” By way of answer I direct the said questioner to YouTube with the assignment of listening…

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  • Let me start with the disclaimer that I play bass for the band iAmSULLY. If you think that means I will say nice things about the song “Just Like Groundhog Day,” due out for release in all the normal places 11/23/23, well—you don’t know Dick. The bass line holds the song together, so much so…

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  • My Wilco Review: I really believe Jeff Tweedy is trying to break my heart. The End

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  • In the movie “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” Johnny Depp kills a cook, because his puerco pibil is perfect. The band Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE) is not perfect, but I only say that because I can’t comprehend a band playing perfect music. And would argue any song without flaws is imperfect in its…

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  • A lot of competition in this category.. I’d love to say Bob Dylan, because receiving the Noble Prize for Literature sets him up for some bashing, but I don’t consider him a band. He has a band, which is not the same thing. Also, when dogs run free. Blink Day and Green 182 deserve mention,…

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  • You don’t know dick. Honestly. Not that you can’t like what you like, because by all means do. And not that whatever reused-redundant-regurgitated crap you listen to shouldn’t make you happy. If you can manage happiness in this slight-of-hand, cookie cutter, let the mediocre rise to the top, money wins world of music we find…

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