50 years ago today, heavy metal pioneers Led Zeppelin and Atlantic Records released an album with no title with a gatefold jacket cover that featured portrait of a man hauling a bale of branches hanging on a wall of a dilapidated shack. Then when the needle hit the first groove of Black Dog, rock and … Continue reading Led Zeppelin’s Zoso Is Five-O
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Impunity City, The Original Soundtrack
Looks like my little blog is quite the musical muse, going by Hip Hop boss lady star and former South Ozone Park resident Nicki Minaj's new single "LLC" off her upcoming album "Queen". From the minute and a half Itunes gives you, it doesn't sound like she's rapping about shady foreign real estate conglomerates but … Continue reading Impunity City, The Original Soundtrack
The Music Industry Is Directly Killing Rock Music
There is something strange going on in the realm of popular music. And it's not just the dearth of solid albums (except by the two subjects at hand) and well crafted anthemic songs of universal appeal. It's not even the glaringly and distressingly obvious fact that there isn't any revolutionary music being made considering the … Continue reading The Music Industry Is Directly Killing Rock Music