Dire Straits Sucks! Put These Acts in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame Instead
While crappy bands like Dire Straits are honored as greats, the likes of Rick James and Black Flag sit on the outside looking in. What?!?!
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Five Faves: 70’s Road Trip Songs
Join our man H.H. Fine as he heads down the sonic highway, revealing his picks for the best road trip songs of the 1970’s, from Shuggie Otis to Bad Brains.
Rage Against the Machine at Zed Records, 1992: YouTube Clip of the Month
Jamison Floyd dug up this crazy footage of Rage Against the Machine rocking Long Beach’s tiny (but legendary) Zed Records in 1992. Enjoy!
Five Faves: 80’s Hip-Hop Albums
The latest Popwell column kicks off with our five favorite hip-hop albums of the 80s. This is some good stuff here, people.
Sha La La – Musings About Music and Various Vacuous Schemes 4.0
On the cusp of their final tour, Jamison Floyd bids a fond farewell to Slayer, among other things.
YouTube Clip(s) of the Month: Euro Disco Frommage
Our new European bureau chief H.H. Fine checks in with a double dose of overripe European disco cheese for your consumption and/or edification.
Sha La La – Musings About Music and Various Vacuous Schemes
Popwell’s resident music maven Jamison Floyd checks in on a new Mick Ronson doc, Music Tastes Good and more . . .
Concert Stories, Vol. 1: Old-School Hip-Hop
We begin our new series with some tasty vignettes about some old, old-school rap shows we attended way back in the day.
Melvins on Wax
A free ticket to a Melvins’ show provides our Jamison Floyd with a decent reason to go to Orange County. He filed this quick-hitting report upon re-entry.
YouTube Clip of the Month: Jazz Messengers, 1958
Art Blakey leads Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons and the rest of the Jazz Messengers through a hard-charging set that those 50s Belgians better have appreciated!