Play Down On The Street I stole my first Stooges record from a mall in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in, what? 1983? Something like that. It wasn’t this Stooges record, though. The Stooges record I stole was the first Stooges record, The Stooges. I might’ve stolen Fun House, too, another time. I don’t remember. I stole a lot of records. We needed records back then. They … [Read more...]
As My Love Slowly Undresses: Richard Hawley—She Brings the Sunlight
Play She Brings the Sunlight I’ve always had a thing for chicks. Not long after my Fortieth birthday I had coffee with a woman I'd never met. She told me about her job, a little bit about her family and where she grew up. I told her about my job, a little bit about my family and where I grew up, my former drinking problem, my hard shift to the political … [Read more...]
Drowned Heroes in a Lake of Blood: Motörhead – Deaf Forever
Play Motörhead - Deaf Forever There was a time, I don't know how long (though memory makes it seem very long,) when every Tuesday night I drank whiskey in my office by myself. I had taken a wrong turn somewhere—I don't know how far back I have to go to identify exactly when. It's irrelevant. I had taken this wrong turn, and had given up on almost everything that lent … [Read more...]
The Greatest Rock Record of All Time: Husker Du – Eight Miles High
Husker Du's "Eight Miles High" is the sound of the human spirit trying to tear itself from the flesh, to escape its own certain destruction. It's better then "A Day in the Life," better than "Kashmir." It's better than "Sympathy for the Devil." It's the greatest rock record of all time. The original "Eight Miles High," by the Byrds, is a great song, a justifiable classic. … [Read more...]