If you are like me, your first exposure to Jamiroquai may have been something along the lines of ‘WTF with the crazy buffalo hat’? Other acceptable associations are: ‘nice voice’, ‘wow, my chick really loves this album’ and ’sounds like disco’. As Jamiroquai grew on me, I think the initial phase of my acceptance was […]
I first purchased the BulletBoys self-titled debut on cassette when I was in middle school - this was just prior to me getting into Depeche Mode and New Order (via 101 and Substance respectively). Indeed, what a beautiful swan song for my teenage buttrock/hair-metal days. I always loved this album from start to finish, it’s […]
A few years back I noticed a startling similarity between “Hanging on the Telephone” by Blondie and “No Action” by Elvis Costello. The first time I noticed this, it seemed like the two songs were having a conversation with each other… Debbie Harry pleading:
I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall
If you […]
Periodically I like to shuffle through the used bins at Amoeba in a complete hypnotic trance. During my last visit I found this gem. If you didn’t hit the link, discogs says: “This CD was released as a gift at Gsus first store in Amsterdam (Holland). Limited to 1000 copies.” Hot damn, I guess it’s […]
