Essential Vinyls for the New Record Player – The Top 10

A friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook with one of my favorite conversation starters: “Random music question for you.” Favorite because I know the discussion to follow will be a lot of fun. It just has to be. After my reply asking what’s up, she continued: “So I just bought a record […]

Your Older Brother’s Album Listening Club

I’ve tried to do a couple of album listening clubs through the years. First time was about 15 years ago when I worked at a backup software company in California. After a lunch discussion about the merits (or lack thereof) of late-century R.E.M., my friend Pat and I had the idea, similar to a book […]

The Cure – “Foxy Lady”

I just got word that the old MOG.com site is being mothballed. I have some music posts there that I’d like to save, so, lucky reader – here’s new old content for you! This was originally posted 10/4/06. This song should *really* suck, but I find myself groovin’ to it. Their cover of it, I […]