Author Archives: eddiespageti

I’ve been reading a series of great African novels recently. To be more precise, I’m in the process of completing a trilogy that I first began to read about ten years ago with Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It’s probably the most famous African novel to be translated into English. The trilogy follows differentContinue reading “#396 – Kedu America by Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe”

Certain people have been urging me to pick a John Mayer album for as long as this blog has existed and today I finally capitulated. He is an excellent guitarist and there is quite a selection of impressive guitar work throughout his catalog, but I could never really get into him until he became theContinue reading “#394 – The Search For Everything by John Mayer”

I’ve never been a huge fan of Keller Williams, although I did listen to some of his stuff for a bit in college, especially his live recordings. This album came up through a Spotify suggestion and, with all of his festival appearance alongside some of my favorite jammy acts, it seemed to be worth checkingContinue reading “#393 – Cell by Keller Williams & Erothyme”

Holy shit, this is a late one. I’m almost 24 hours past the intended deadline of this post. I’ve already decided that the important part is when I listen to the album and not when I post it, and especially not when I post it to Instagram. What’s to stop me from moving the goalpostsContinue reading “#392 – All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes”

I’ve always known just one Mountain song and it’s not hard to guess which one. With that in mind, it was great to listen to this collection of some of their most popular works. As a fan of the guitar, there will need to be more exploration of the work of these guys.

I came across these guys in one of my favorite compilation, Day of the Dead, which is an eclectic collection of Grateful Dead covers that I have surely mentioned here several times before. Now that I’ve heard one of their albums – which I enjoyed thoroughly – I can’t help but wonder how they gotContinue reading “#389 – Oh My Sweet Lord by Marijuana Deathsquads”

I was at a BTS-themed birthday party for an 8-year-old today and realized that there hasn’t been any K-pop in this blog. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan now, but it wasn’t a totally unpleasant experience.