Music
Wonderful “Smile”
When I first read Lewis Shiner’s Glimpses (Paperback| Audiobook) in the mid 1990′s I had no idea what I was getting into. Shiner had written a comic book miniseries called The Hacker Files that, as a young computer programmer still not having out grown a strong comic book reading stage I had been in during [...]
Review: William Shatner’s Seeking Major Tom
I’ve enjoyed many of the tracks on William Shatner’s Has Been for several years now (it was released in 2004) and felt I owed it to myself to give his new album, Seeking Major Tom, a listen. I wasn’t let down but I wasn’t overwhelmed either. The lineup is a bit inconsistent and the gimicks [...]
Spinal Tap Giving Away “Saucy Jack”
I was having lunch with friends on Saturday when someone mentioned that they were at the Spinal Tap ‘Unwigged and Unplugged’ show at the Beacon Theater in New York City last Thursday. When I showed some interest the friend told me a bit about the show. He mentioned that they played a song called ‘Saucy [...]
Song of the Day: Jeremy by Pearl Jam
Today’s song of the day is Jeremy by Pearl Jam. I heard this song while stuck in traffic on the way to work this morning. If you don’t know the song it’s about a boy who commits suicide by shooting himself in front of his high school class. As I grow older it hits me [...]
Song of the Day: Robert Plant – Big Log
I heard an old Robert Plantsong on the radio this morning. It’s called Big Log(from The Principle Of Moments, originally released in 1983) and it’ll be stuck in my mind the rest of the day. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?