Tag Archives: Music

Honkytonkulous

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Terry Taylor

What do you say when you hear a really good country song? What do you say when you hear a really bad one? Now you can say both in one word: Honkytonkulous. Let the intent be nebulous like so much … Continue reading →

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Cake: Short Skirt, Long Jacket, Short Memory, Long Time

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Unless you are from Sacremento, it’s hard to imagine that the band, “Cake,” has been around since the early 1990’s. Yet there stands John McCrea in his worn gimme cap talksinging the words to one of the hottest songs on … Continue reading →

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Robert Plant’s “Band Of Joy”

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Terry Taylor

“Band of Joy” is the result of Plant’s decision to abandon his follow-up to “Raising Sand,” the beautifully done duet with Alison Kraus, produced by T Bone Burnett. Got to be a story in that abrupt cancellation. Tweet This Post

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Brad Paisley Sings About Light Bulbs and Throw Rugs

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Country music singers can nail a hit song about anything. The old standbys about drinking and mama and God and country are still getting clichéd to death with the cowboy hat crowd, but new topics are making the scene. Few … Continue reading →

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Bring the Beatlesjuice

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Terry Taylor

How did George Martin get that final sound at the end of “A Day In The Life” on the Sgt. Pepper album? What popular song written by Paul McCartney used orchestra strings in a major way for the first time … Continue reading →

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For Those About To Declare Bankruptcy We Salute You

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Terry Taylor

The economic environment has gotten to the point where GM is being talked about in the past tense. CNN is a barrage of red-fonted gloom. The Dow is flushing in a daily swirl. Men are having babies (I saw the … Continue reading →

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Wall of Vinyl

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Terry Taylor

The Virgin Megastore. Times Square. New York City. Two weeks ago. A group of 23-24 year-old consumers embrace the revival of vinyl. Tweet This Post

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Immaculate Funk

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I heard the man’s name a long time ago – I can’t remember exactly where – but the music he championed was the soundtrack of my life growing up. Tweet This Post

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Pandora’s Music Box

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Terry Taylor

As I type this, I am listening to some cool music from the Music Genome Project. Went to Pandora.com (thanks Jeff) and typed in what I wanted and they loaded me up with that and everything like it. You want … Continue reading →

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Ridin’ With Jimmy and The Boss

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Terry Taylor

If you haven’t read “Hammer of the Gods,” the seminal and raunchy history of Led Zeppelin by Stephen Davis, don’t worry, you have a couple of chances to get a close-up feel for the senior citizen gods of rock at … Continue reading →

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Profits After Death

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Go to the Pearly Gates, take a left, and there beside the guy with the harp on Cloud Nine, is St. Peter’s Investments, Inc. The First National Bank Of The Great Beyond is down to your right. Can’t miss it. … Continue reading →

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Yasgur’s Farm Forty Years Later

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, Tell where are you going? This he told me Said, I’m going down to Yasgur’s Farm, Gonna join in a rock and … Continue reading →

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Skydog

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Terry Taylor

If you are too young to remember what Duane Allman could do to a guitar, forgive me for saying that you are not a complete human being. Rolling Stone ranks Duane as the number two best guitarist ever, behind Jimi … Continue reading →

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The Big Bam Show and My Small Bam Date

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Terry Taylor

It was about 1970, maybe 1971. I was in the eighth grade and the Big Bam Show was my first live concert and my first official date with a female human. The show was great. The date was not – … Continue reading →

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Three Things

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Selling Out, Up, Down & Dirty Worm poop is hip. Just ask TerraCycle, Inc magazine’s 2006 “The Coolest Little Start Up In America.” Started by a Princeton dropout (who found that worm droppings helped “certain” kind of plants to grow … Continue reading →

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