Sensory Dispensary
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
“The record you didn’t know you needed is what I am listening to in the other room.”
I put this album as the true origin of The Kinks as I grew to really love them. They already had released a number of albums and singles that were popular but it was on Something Else that I feel they kicked off the string…
I saw Joe Ely as part of a songwriters tour with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt and Guy Clark at the beautiful Chicago Theater. It was a great show, four songwriters, four stools and four guitars. Each took turns telling a story and then playing a…
Today I would like to introduce you to a real-life superhero. You may not be aware, but they really do exist—and I happen to be married to one of them. You see, my wife Gina is a superhero, and storytelling is her superpower. She has…
After yesterday I was looking forward to something different and today’s album really hit that mark. Moving from the noise that was Marilyn Manson to the bossa nova here is, well, I couldn’t have picked something so radically in contrast. With that said, this isn’t…
This album by Marilyn Manson is shit, surrounded by shit, wrapped in shit, fried in shit and then dipped in shit. With a side of shit. To learn more about the 1001 Albums Project, I first wrote about it here.
If you have read my reviews so far, it might be obvious that hip hop is not something that I enjoy and I don’t normally choose to listen to it. Paul’s Boutique is really the lone exception. I guess the difference between this and other…
Finding a gem like this is why I wanted to do this challenge. I knew the radio hits but honestly had never gone deeper than that with War. I regret that now that as this was outstanding. In the instrumentals I heard some Traffic and…
This was completely new to me. I have heard of The Beau Brummels but had no idea what to expect. It’s pretty interesting musically, sort of a psychedelic folk rock, but the vocals were a big detraction. The singer has a trill in his voice…
Christine and the queens is a pseudonym for French singer / songwriter Rahim Redcar. I was not at all familiar with this when I got the assigned album – Chris. With my promise to myself to listen to at least the first minute of each…
Some people say Steely Dan is boring. Fuck that noise. The only thing boring about Steely Dan is trying to be clever when writing yet another 5 star review for a Steely Dan album. They got the Steely Dan T-Shirt Love the fuzzy guitar solo…
There’s something about this line, and the amazing delivery by Jeff Buckley that just slays me, every time I listen to this song. My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder I mean, what would you rather trade a kingdom for, a horse?
When I started this challenge I decided not to read anything about what albums are included or the criteria for inclusion. With that said, I have no qualms about this remarkable Jeff Buckley album being included in this list as I believe no life is…
Saddened to hear about the passing of George Wendt, far too young at 76. The rest of the world may think of him as Norm, but to me he’ll always be Fat Sam. No, free junk. That’s it…
I originally called these posts The Daily Dose but as it turns out I am not going to do these daily so I needed a new name. A handy thesaurus to the rescue and I introduce you to The Desultory Dose. Desultory means lacking a…
It was very interesting to listen to this album by Taylor Swift because even though I have only heard a few songs from it out in the world, I am really familiar with these songs because I have listened to the Ryan Adams recreated version…
