Picture Of The Day
It's been awhile since I posted a song from Postmodern Jukebox, so here they are covering a Cars classic...
Dave Weigel, “The Show That Never Ends”
Here's my conversation with Dave Weigel about his book, "The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock." That's the term applied to bands like Yes, ELP, the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, and more that rose to fame in the 1970s. Among the...
Gregg Allman
Upon hearing of the death of Gregg Allman yesterday, my mind flashed back to when I first heard his music. I was in high school, and The Allman Brothers Band's "Ramblin' Man" was suddenly everywhere on the radio. I went out and bought the album, "Brothers and...
Sgt. Pepper At 50
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (it came out in the US a week later), so I invited Slate pop critic Jack Hamilton to join me in discussing that landmark album. I asked him: Why do you say it "was...
Picture Of The Day
Post-Modern Jukebox takes Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me" and turns it into a bluesy torch song...
Worth A Link
Giancarlo Esposito on reprising Gus Fring for the upcoming season of "Better Call Saul." The members of Yes explain how they made their 1972 classic, "Roundabout."
MYMNK: “Moon” and “Lightning In A Bottle”
I'm adding two titles to my Movies You Might Not Know List. One is "Moon," which stars Sam Rockwell as the sole resident of a lunar base that's home to an automated mining system that he oversees with the help of a robot named Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey). Sam's...
A Fan Grows Up With Springsteen
During the song request portion of his concert in Brisbane, Australia, this weekend, Bruce Springsteen noticed a young guy named Nathan Testa with a sign asking if he could do "Growin' Up" with the band. Bruce asked if he knew how to play it all the way through and...