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 have always known that prayer is bullshit, I don’t believe there is a god, but if I am wrong, it is abundantly clear he would be a malevolent being, or purely apathetic. In any case, I am now adding dreaming, hoping, wishing, imagining, picturing,…
Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits Around release time for this album we had a few people from Italy come stay with us for a summer (we had sort of an exchange thing going) and we went to see Dire Straits up at Poplar Creek…
Back in Black – AC/DC AC/DC are like that factory employee that comes to work regularly, does a good job, is consistently producing quality materials, but I really wouldn’t want to have to watch him work all the time. If I owned the factory, I…
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – Wu-Tang Clan I am running out of words for some of these album reviews, so for this one I feel that I must channel the prophets Daryl Hall and John Oates who once said “I Can’t Go For That…
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! – Devo My first exposure to Devo was on Saturday Night Live in 1978, with the yellow hazmat suits and a version of “Satisfaction” that was unlike anything I had ever heard before. Now, 47 years…
Dire Straits – Dire Straits It isn’t often that a debut album unleashes upon the world a remarkably unique talent like Mark Knopfler, but aren’t we lucky that this one did. His distinctive guitar playing style anchors some great songs here and while “Sultans of…
The Atomic Mr Basie – Count Basie And His Orchestra I like Big Band music but I am not knowledgeable or discerning enough to really tell most things apart or to know who I am listening to. I find it enjoyable when I do listen…
My wonderful wife Gina recently started a podcast called Seeing From The Inside Out where she “highlights a fascinating person, eager to tell the personal, authentic tale of their life’s journey, a lesson learned, a defining moment; something unique only they can express from their…
channel ORANGE – Frank Ocean Often when I listen to these assigned albums I think that I might just not be the audience for this, or that it might be good but I just don’t care for this genre or something. In this instance I…
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… – Raekwon I think it is pretty clear to me by now (and to anyone that has read any of my reviews) that I am not really a fan of Hip-Hop music. Listening to this album made me like it…
Lady Soul – Aretha Franklin This is crazy good – I had never heard her versions of some of these songs before, and the classics are indeed classic for a reason. Like the previous Aretha I was given here, it’s a reminder of just what…
Abraxas – Santana I have always liked this album a lot, Carlos Santana is a wonderful guitar player and he shows that off here. The Fleetwood Mac cover is good, anything that Gregg Rolie is involved with gets bonus points from me, and “Samba Pa…
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West I really thought about skipping this one but I haven’t missed a day yet so I just went ahead with it. I really enjoyed the 10 or so seconds of “21st Century Schizoid Man” that was sampled…
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath At the youthful age of 14 I hadn’t quite figured out who I was or what I liked. I do know that I was a blue jeans, black concert tee and flannel shirt wearing freshman in high school who hung…
London Calling – The Clash I once heard London Calling described as the one that The Clash put out after they learned how to play their instruments. I don’t know about that but I will say that this album is absolutely perfect in every way.…
