“debts no honest man can pay” playlist – 11/13/10 saturday mornings, 10am-noon est, wgwg 88.3 fm listen online @ www.wgwg.org top 10 albums of 2010 10. tornadoes – michelle anthony tornadoes – michelle anthony don’t deny – michelle anthony 9. […]
Ukulele Jim – Ukulele Jim’s Jumping Flea Circus (Snake Oil, 2010) Albums written and recorded especially for young children are the diciest of propositions for parents. Repeated requests (nay, commands) of “play it again” can soon become torture to older […]
First, excellent review Nick. Reflective, nuanced and I love the Hugo quote. How do we take Mellencamp’s seeming wallowing in all life’s darkest corners? He still makes songs out of them, life worn and weary at times, facing the grim […]
By ‘Rebel’ Rod Ames Back in 1974 Willie Nelson was still considered to be all washed up by Nashville standards, but Nashville couldn’t have been more wrong. He had just come off a successful album in “Shotgun Willie” and the […]
Greetings this morning from a well-to-do suburb just outside of New York city where we’re spending this Thanksgiving holiday with family. And my first as a vegetarian. Unlike our sad little California valley with fifteen percent unemployment and lots of […]
Tremendous night, that was. The Red Rattler which in addition to having admirable social and artistic aims is a cute little space in the inner west rust belt. The bar service was super friendly and the drinks reasonably priced (one […]
It still amazes me that in these terminally-bored-too-hip-to-care times any band would brandish that most maligned and unhip of genres; Southern rock. Broken hearts and barroom bloodstains on a plaid shirtsleeve, earnest stories of hard times begetting harder men backed […]
I’ve been out for about a week. I’ve been up in the arctic north so far. I think the warmest it’s been is 12 degrees fahrenheit. Mostly hovering right around zero. But the sun is still out here, at least […]
. WELCOME TO THE GUIDE’s (short) NEWS-ONLY EDITION! Where we’re marking no ears and bustering no filas… . . LOTS added since last edition, including some festivals and some free shows this weekend! . . +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ . Tied to the […]
Sugarland – The Incredible Machine (Mercury, 2010) On their third album, modern country duo Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles-vocals, Kristian Bush-guitar/vocals) makes a bold bid for cross-over success. How well their effort succeeds depends on where you sit as a listener in […]
