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#185 – Strange to Explain by Woods

Today was a great day for America.  It feels like a weight has been lifted and that there is a light at the end of the extremely dark and embarrassing tunnel that we have been in for the last four years.  It’s going to take many years to undo the damage that this administration hasContinue reading “#185 – Strange to Explain by Woods”

#183 – Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes

This, Busta’s 10th album, was just released on October 30th and the timing is no coincidence.  He had some pretty choice words for America as we headed towards election day.  I’m not sure the message lands as hard as, say, RTJ4 did, but there’s still some valid points.  I’d love to get a one-week check-inContinue reading “#183 – Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God by Busta Rhymes”

#182 – Casualties of Cool by Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval

This is a really beautiful album.  At various times heavy, ethereal, epic, cinematic and delicate.  It really is a masterpiece of versatility, and exactly the kind of discovery I needed on this bizarre day in history.  As the entire world watches a few random areas in America, nothing is quite as helpful as the temporaryContinue reading “#182 – Casualties of Cool by Devin Townsend and Ché Aimee Dorval”

#181 – Once More ‘Round the Sun by Mastodon

I was looking for something to listen to this evening that contains both aggression and cleverness.  Enter Mastodon.  Although this album is new to me, they are one of my favorite heavy, proggy bands.  Also, they put on an amazing show, which, along with everything else in the world today, makes me nostalgic for simplerContinue reading “#181 – Once More ‘Round the Sun by Mastodon”

#180 – Hot Motion by Temples

And now it’s the eve of possibly the ugliest, and most important, moment in modern American history.  This album offered a temporary escape and an enjoyable one, but there’s no ignoring the knife edge that our democracy is walking.  On one side we have the most openly corrupt administration in American history, and on theContinue reading “#180 – Hot Motion by Temples”

#179 – Aerial Ballet by Harry Nilsson

I’ve been finding myself thinking a lot about what the great minds of the past would make of the current American predicament.  I’m sure there would be the full spectrum of reactions, many of them that might surprise us, but I’d still like to know what, for example, George Carlin would have said about thisContinue reading “#179 – Aerial Ballet by Harry Nilsson”

#178 – The House of the Dancing Stairs by Goodboy INC

This is a really fun album.  I got a few songs into it before I realized it had the dreaded <1000 plays brand.  It definitely will not stay this way for very long.  One of my favorite things about streaming music – and I know more than a few people who will not want toContinue reading “#178 – The House of the Dancing Stairs by Goodboy INC”

#177 – Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants

This album seemed appropriate for 2020, as a refusal by a part of America to listen to accepted science is allowing Covid-19 to run rampant through the country.  It is extra frustrating to hear people spewing their ignorant, conspiracy theory-laden opinions to anyone who will listen, however the acceptance of these ideas is often mind-blowing. Continue reading “#177 – Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants”

#176 – Free Yourself Up by Lake Street Dive

Another day closer to an election day that seems destined for controversy and dispute.  It’s hard to imagine anything else, considering the people involved.  There are few fleeting moments where I can really forget about it at all, usually when listening to the daily selection, but no distraction lasts very long before the brutal realitiesContinue reading “#176 – Free Yourself Up by Lake Street Dive”