That “10 teenage albums” thing

Because why not? So here’s my “10 albums that made a lasting impression on you as a teenager” thing. I think I did this fairly recently, but what the hell. Rules are: only one per band/artist. Don’t take too long and don’t think. (I made my list of albums that were released when I was […]

Festival Of My Dreams

I’ve been lamenting the lack of compelling festival lineups this year, and instead of whining about what I’m not seeing, I thought I’d compose a list of what I would like to see at a music festival – preferably my own. (No, really, I’m hoping to put on a music festival here in my home […]

Album Listening Club – #1 Record discussion post

Big Star In June 1972, Big Star (Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, Andy Hummel, Alex Chilton) released their first record, titled #1 Record. Both the name of the band and album reflected a kind of bravado – real or imagined – and while the music delivered on the promise, album sales did not follow. Praise from Rolling […]

Juicy Tapes Vol. 2 – MARATHON

The Story Behind The Mix: I worked at a Macintosh computer retail store in the mid-90’s and the other employees and I played a first-person shooting game called Marathon. I had played a lot of videogames from Pong through Atari 2600, games on my Apple ][ (Karateka & Ultima II were favorites), and some NES. […]

Top Ten

My friend Jen tagged me with this on Facebook – “List the top ten albums that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t overthink or worry about them being “right” – just ones that touched you” It says to tag 10 people more, but I don’t like saddling people with a task or chore. […]

Riot Fest Denver – Day 1

I attended both days of Riot Fest here in Denver – or “Riot Fest Almost Kansas” as I like to joke, because it took place at May Farms in Byers, which is an hour east outside of Denver and 2 hours west from the Kansas border. Riot Fest ahoy! I was especially looking forward to this for […]

State of the state of music (MOG repost)

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 12/23/06. Okay, so I’m probably in the minority, but I couldn’t stand the Testosterone Rock of the mid-late […]