Posted Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:57am PST
Why do people join a rock band? The chance to play in front of millions of screaming fans? No. It's not the glory. It's the girls. Dudes join bands to meet girls. Period. 
Posted Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:58pm PST
Rock ’n’ roll is not about modesty. It's about being the loudest one in the room. If some stupid stuff gets said along the way, well, that's just the price of admission. Shoot the mouth off first, explain yourself later. Or don't. That's even bet 
Posted Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:54am PST
Here are the five most self-indulgent albums in recent memory. I'm refraining from hitting the easy targets, like ELP's Tarkus, Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans, and the Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed. In fact, I'm avoiding all of the late-'60s 
Posted Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:20am PST
In the new movie Cadillac Records Beyoncé transforms herself to play Etta James. There is already a bit of Oscar buzz for Miss Knowles. If she gets an Academy or Golden Globe nod, she will once again prove that a diva playing a diva in a film is al 
Posted Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:30am PST
Band wreckers are the worst kind of singers. They are those dudes who take advantage of an unstable group relationship and insert themselves in the middle. They break into a band and destroy their happy home. And who suffers? The children do. The chi 
Posted Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:23am PST
Moustaches are to rock what Stetsons are to country, and sporting one is a rock rite of passage. Just after a young rocker picks up his first guitar, plugs in his Marshall amp, and hits that power chord, the moustache arrives on cue. It signals his a 
Posted Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:13am PST
Rock ’n’ roll is not polite. It’s rude, full of bad taste, questionable morals, and unapologetic crassness. Or at least that's what's supposed to happen when it's good. Once upon a time, rock stars did not have media coaches. They did not play 
Posted Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:26am PST
Over the past couple of weeks, we've had the Jackson 5, Led Zeppelin, and Guns 'N Roses all threaten to return with new tours or albums. One of the oldest truisms of rock 'n' roll is this: every band on the way down is a band on the way up. Just as s | Select a Blog | Posts |
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