Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men from all that '80s indie madness, still writing songs that you want to listen to over and over.
From Henry Rollins
Too bad that Paul Ryan confessed to being a fan of Rage Against The Machine. By doing so, he not only begged for a bucketing by many of their fans but actually got one from the band's guitar player, Tom Morello.
August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.
The Wacken festival started more than 20 years ago with just a few hundred people in attendance. Tickets now sell out before the lineup is announced.
The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.
Ramones music has a Pavlovian effect on me - the song starts, and the world blurs around the sound.
America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.
In blues music, there's a lot of borrowing, so it's often difficult to identify the originator of a song.
Jazz music is as American as it gets, and so is the U.S. Postal Service. A Miles Davis stamp is a perfect marriage of two great American institutions.
In my bright, utopian future world, they will hand out college educations like cups of water at the end of the L.A. Marathon.
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