Reviewing your parents' music collection
How can a white, salt-of-the-earth rock musician from New Jersey, obsessed with the metaphoric potential of car brands, his father's working class heritage and the ideal of rock music as a proletariat/political genre not only have a career spanning 20 albums, but make music that still sounds good to a 20-something arts student living in… Continue reading Chevys, Camaros, and Cadillacs or Meet me at the Lost & Found – Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town”
Before passing away in 2016, Leonard Cohen had released over 20 albums and written hundreds of songs and poems, painting worlds of love, lust, and loss. A poet and a musician, but always a storyteller, Cohen's songs capture the ears, forcing them to listen to the words he has spun in perfect patterns, allowing them… Continue reading “I heard of a saint who had loved you” or how to reach the heart – “Songs of Leonard Cohen” by Leonard Cohen
All good things come in three. Three, the magic number. The number of wishes a genie grants you. The number of guesses given to you for most fantastical riddles. The minimum amount of numbers you need for counting down. In some people's opinion, the best of all numbers. Three, the magic number. Maybe it isn't… Continue reading Third Time’s the Charm – Gentle Giant exude prog rock playfulness on “Three Friends”
When I think of Billy Joel I think of grand piano riffs, witty lyrics and unmatched talent for melody. What I don't think of is a production value that strives to match the Beatles' A Day in the Life, a record mixed with such an attention to detail and desire for pushing musical boundaries. That… Continue reading No Longer Just a Piano Man – Billy Joel’s “The Nylon Curtain”
A blue Peugeot 407. The seats are black if I remember correctly. I'm sitting in the backseat, on the right side because I'm the youngest. I love this car, it feels so cool, so grown-up. I believe it can go faster than any other car on the planet. It feels incredibly big, like it could… Continue reading This Land Must Change or Land Must Burn – Midnight Oil Re-Invent the Political Rock Album with “Diesel and Dust”
The Dad Anthology 