First things first: No, Hilddleston doesn’t sound anything like Hank Williams. To be fair, though, most people don’t. The only person I’ve ever heard get it all right is Hank III, and he probably can’t act. For the most part, Hiddleston does a good job despite the vocal differences. Even though he can’t match the […]
I have a confession to make: I’ve never listened to Pet Sounds. At least not as an album; Looking over the track list, I have heard a lot of the songs, and a couple of them would be at the top of my list if somebody asked me to name the best Beach Boys songs. […]
Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, has something for everyone. It’s about a 15 year old boy with a very overprotective mother who goes on the road with a rock n’ roll band so he can write an article about them for Rolling Stone. In addition to the allure of the basic concept–being 15, hanging out with […]
It spent about a year reading this book. It didn’t take me so long because I didn’t like the book, or because it’s long; it’s just the kind of book that you can read for a while, put down, and come back to weeks or months later. There’s no pressing need to read it all […]
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is, as the name implies a documentary about Canadian thrash band Anvil. In the 1980s, Anvil played shows with lots of great hair and metal bands, but for some reason they never really got the fame that they probably deserved. Of course, that hasn’t stopped core members (the rest of […]
Anyone who’s ever listened to an oldies radio has probably heard the story of Stagger Lee, as performed by Lloyd Price. In the song, Stagger Lee loses his money and “brand new Stetson hat” in a dice game with a man named Billy. He then proceeds to kill Billy, despite the latter’s begging and pleading. […]
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