Portrait of an addiction
The multiple forms my addiction to music takes. Every object in this image has meaning to me, or is a memento. The Cherry Sunburst Les Paul is the guitar I…
You never forget your first… record. Or “How a record changed the course of my life”
I got into rock at a very young age. I was 5 or 6 years old when my parents let me play records on an old portable turntable. I played…
The Bob Dylan Cover Theory
I have a love/hate relationship with the music of Bob Dylan. Likewise with covers. I hate covers that twist around a song just to make it different. Toad the Wet…
My musical highlights for 2012
End of year means an avalanche of Top Ten lists coming your way from every direction. While the temptation was strong to join the ranks of hipsters around the world…
The album: are reports of its death exaggerated or even relevant?
Are albums still relevant? This week, one of the last holdout bands showed up on iTunes. AC/DC had refused to have their music sold digitally for years. but finally made…
Musical Frights: The quest for the ideal Halloween playlist
I love making playlists. It’s one of the many ways in which iTunes revolutionized my music listening habits. I have playlists for my different friends when they come over, for…
Concert Review: Peter Gabriel, Montreal, September 18 2012
From the start I must admit to being at best a casual fan of Peter Gabriel’s solo career. While I have a high admiration for his work with Genesis, his…
Spotlight on: Monster Truck
Monster Truck is my new band of the moment. One of the things I love about going to concerts is the occasional discovery of a new artist among the opening…
Musical Pilgrimage (part 2)
As one of my first posts on this blog, I showed a picture of my pilgrimage to the famous Abbey Road crossing, where the Beatles shot their iconic cover. (See…