To Love Somebody

I said yesterday that I love this band. Love love love. Their music, like the Tragically Hip’s, is just ingrained… Read more To Love Somebody

Work Life Balance

Today is the end of an era – it’s my last day at the thrift shoppe. Five years I’ve trundled… Read more Work Life Balance

Poor JBJ

The best answer at 1:08 lololol. PS: Happy Canada Day yesterday, everybody. It’s been pretty busy here, so I’m just… Read more Poor JBJ

5 Days In May

It’s hard for me to overstate how much I love Blue Rodeo. Truly wonderful band, their music just feels like… Read more 5 Days In May

You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

From the box of Brother Craig, here’s a disc full of songs you know (or should). It’s rock, it’s pop,… Read more You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

All The Small Things

I never thought much, one way or the other, about Blink-182. Just not on my radar. On a bad day,… Read more All The Small Things

Lonely Boy

I like the Black Keys a lot. It’s bluesy, rockin’, fuzzy mayhem fun. They have a knack with writing tunes… Read more Lonely Boy

Gone

For the record (pun intended), I do not hate this album. It’s just not the one I’d reach for first,… Read more Gone

New York Mining Accident 1941

I will say, I didn’t think I needed 2 CDs (40 tracks covering 35 years) of the Bee Gees, but… Read more New York Mining Accident 1941

Ongoing THR Story

I recently mentioned that I’d gotten an original Yamaha THR10 amplifier, and I was all fizzy about it. It was… Read more Ongoing THR Story

Devil’s Haircut

If you care about Beck and his cultural soup, you know Odelay already and don’t need me tell you about… Read more Devil’s Haircut

Help!

An appropriate title, here, as I pretty much burned out on the Beatles a while back when I went through… Read more Help!

Rays On Pinion

All Hail The Mighty Baroness’ Red Album! \m/ \m/ Play the whole thing (below). LOUD.

Rock Of All Ages

Brother Craig had this 1995 EMI/Capitol compilation in the box of goodies. The Best Of Badfinger has 21 tracks, and… Read more Rock Of All Ages

Happy Father’s Day

I was asked what I wanted to do for Father’s Day, and I said “I’d like to not have to… Read more Happy Father’s Day

Hell Inside My Head

I covered this album way back in 2014, (Sebastian Bach – Give ‘Em Hell), and that copy is no longer… Read more Hell Inside My Head

Gratitude For The Sum Of The Parts

First up: Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers and Dads out there. Last night, I got Fathers Day pizza,… Read more Gratitude For The Sum Of The Parts

Our Gaze

Back in 2007, Robert Pollard simulataneously released two albums (of course he did). Standard Gargoyle Decisions and Coast To Coast… Read more Our Gaze

Watermelon Man

I try to stay out of politics on this site, but last night I had an experience that I thought… Read more Watermelon Man

R.I.P. Big Rude Jake

James texted me the news today that one of our favourites, Big Rude Jake, passed away yesterday (June 16, 2022),… Read more R.I.P. Big Rude Jake

Wake Me Up

This one was a rollercoaster, for me. Pulling this one from the box of Brother Craig goodness, I didn’t know… Read more Wake Me Up

Shepherd Of Fire

I know the name Avenged Sevenfold, as I think they’re on a compilation or two that I have around here,… Read more Shepherd Of Fire

Can I Kick It?

I hold a special love in my heart for A Tribe Called Quest, their instantly welcoming and classic sound just… Read more Can I Kick It?

Searching For A Reason To Carry On

Here’s a band and album about which I knew nothing before hearing it from the box of Brother Craig. Honestly,… Read more Searching For A Reason To Carry On

Nutshell

The MTV Unplugged series was great, a cool way to hear artists you like, doing their thing, live, without so… Read more Nutshell

Them Bones

Alice In Chains. Dirt. Pure classic. My entry point into the band, and here on (duplicate, for me) CD thanks… Read more Them Bones

Aaron’s Guitar Gear Story: 2022 Edition

*** I was thinking that it’s been a while (if ever) that I put together one post that covers the… Read more Aaron’s Guitar Gear Story: 2022 Edition

Hollow

Alice In Chains’ second reunion album, four years after the first reunion album, is 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.… Read more Hollow

Room For Squares SACD 2CD (Space) Oddity

Taking a break from the Brother Craig treasure trove, here we have a (Space) oddity.  I bought this 2CD John… Read more Room For Squares SACD 2CD (Space) Oddity

All Secrets Known

Here’s (yet another) CD from Brother Craig. Actually, hang on. Given that there were 200+ CDs in the box, let’s… Read more All Secrets Known

Ready To Rock

This is a band that kind of passed me by, and for no good reason. I suppose there’s just only… Read more Ready To Rock

Heart’s Done Time

More Aero-slop (thanks for the term, Deke!) on CD from Brother Craig’s box of unbelievably generous goodies. Permanent Vacation (1987)… Read more Heart’s Done Time

Walk On Water

I’ve covered this Aerosmith Big Ones 1994 hits compilation before, long ago (haven’t we all?), and I still feel pretty… Read more Walk On Water

Who Made Who

This CD was in the box from Brother Craig. It didn’t have the packaging, just a CD in an empty… Read more Who Made Who

Nasty Boyz

All Hail Lee Aaron, Queen Of Rawk \m/ \m/

Down Incognito

This copy of the Winger album, Pull, is the last cassette from the treasure trove box from Brother Craig. From… Read more Down Incognito

Liberty/Erotic Nightmares

More guitar pyrotechnics on cassette! Thanks, Brother Craig! And once again, I needed to break it up into chunks. It’s… Read more Liberty/Erotic Nightmares

… Ready For It?

Here’s another cassette from the box of stuff from Brother Craig… I know Taylor Swift is a huge star, and… Read more … Ready For It?

Under The Influence

Brother Craig must’ve loved this album so much, there was both a cassette and a CD of it in the… Read more Under The Influence

Eye To Eye

I’m no Slaughter expert. I wasn’t listening to them, back in the day (hello, Harry Connick, Jr.!), but I knew… Read more Eye To Eye

Surfing With The Alien

I had to listen to this 1987 cassette (from Brother Craig) in two sittings, side A one day, then later… Read more Surfing With The Alien

(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection

Here’s a 1990 cassette from Brother Craig that I’ll state, honestly, I’d given no thought to, back in the day.… Read more (Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection

Jumpin’ JESUS on a pogo stick that THING is LOUD

subtitle: “hahahaha springystick goes boing” *** Herein lies a huge tale, spanning several months, years even. I won’t bore you… Read more Jumpin’ JESUS on a pogo stick that THING is LOUD

Still Got This Thing

I played the hell out of this self-titled debut Alannah Myles cassette when I was a kid. Its rockin’ blues… Read more Still Got This Thing

IT IS HERE

Delivery, even on a holiday Monday. 2CD set. I can’t wait to dig in. *** Lana was asking about the… Read more IT IS HERE

Power To The Music

Broke my posting streak again, this time at 90 straight days. It hurts, but not as much as the time… Read more Power To The Music

All I Really Want

You surely don’t need me to tell you about this album. It was everywhere. Fun to hear it on cassette… Read more All I Really Want

Little Girls

Before bigger fame with Get The Funk Out/Hole Hearted/More Than Words, et al., came this glam metal funk hard rock… Read more Little Girls

She Sells Sanctuary

Pure Cult For Rockers, Ravers, Lovers And Sinners I will always say it should have had Soldier Blue on it,… Read more She Sells Sanctuary

Shake My Tree

A big deal at the time, I still say this album is a big deal. Page brings his palette of… Read more Shake My Tree