'90s Kid Revisits Alt Rock
Rock and roll has been a man's world. Take a look at the most popular rock bands and hardly any of the members are women. And if they are, them being a woman and playing rock music is probably the first thing that comes up in their biographies. It shouldn't matter but this scarcity of …
Continue reading Hole: Live Through This (1994)
It was March of 1990 and Andrew Wood had just passed away. The charismatic frontman of Mother Love Bone ("MLB"), who was on the verge of releasing their highly anticipated debut album, lost his battle to heroin. He was 24 years old. Whereas most Seattle frontmen depicted themselves as shying away from the spotlight, Andrew …
It's an interesting experience playing my preferred choice of music around others, especially when I'm in the car. Some of my friends/family aren't familiar with my music taste. And when the song changes from Madonna's tropical "La Isla Bonita" into Metallica's hard-driving "Master of Puppets" (an instance which did happen once), there's always some sort …
It was two years ago, November 2016 - emotions were running high and politics were at their lowest. With lyrics like “I'm gonna twist your head off, see" and “Don't you wish you never never met her", this album encapsulated feminine frustration at the political landscape. From the loud guitars coming in after the quiet whispered intro to the taunts aimed …
The leaves are doing their death dance, with another year window winding down. It’s the time of year when I retreat a bit and ruminate on what I’ve accomplished and what I need to work better on (and habits I should drop altogether!). This helps me keep my life in some semblance of order with a list of priorities for the …
A nude woman is stretched out on a desert landscape, hair plastered around her, blank-eyed, seemingly accepting her doomed fate while molding into the cracked earth. The light illuminates her and we can’t tell if she’s alive or dead or somewhere in between. It’s hellish - like something out of a nightmare - and it’s …
