The Friday Article Roundup: Nothing Ever Ends
This Week You Will Never Hear the End of: the Snyder Cut Rob Zombie jazz…
Sonic Route: Getting Mad with “Haitian Fight Song” (by Miller)
It starts with a warning. The bass is a jabbing finger, a series of threats,…
Year of the Month: Persia on The Chattanooga Choo Choo
Before America had car culture, it had the train. Southern states blocked railway expansion until…
Year Of The Month – Greetings From Ashbury Park, NJ
This isn’t a great record, I want to make that clear. My dad might disagree…
Year Of The Month – In The Wee Small Hours
The cover of In The Wee Small Hours features a painting of Frank Sinatra leaning…
Chartbusting! The Greatest Hits of 1964
Honorable Mentions: Billboard’s Year-End Hot 100 for 1964 is such an embarrassment of riches that…
Soundtracking #27: THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN (Year of the Month)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. This one gets SPOILERy. Intro music: Iggy Pop,…
Year of the Month: Sonny Rollins’ A Night at the Village Vanguard by Dylan “Balthazar Bee” Groves
To paraphrase Nicolas Cage in Matchstick Men, for most people, jazz is like a foreign film…
Soundtracking #16: ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (1958)
The occasional podcast on music and movies. This one is just a little bit SPOILERy. Intro…
Soundtracking #11: NAKED LUNCH (1991)/SNEAKERS (1992)
A special tribute to Ornette Coleman and James Horner on the Solute’s podcast about music…