Diary of Musical Thoughts

Music performers don't seem to admit it, but "intangibles" contribute a lot to the quality of their songwriting. Noel Gallaghe...

Having just seen "High Fidelity", I feel inclined to contribute a couple of Top Five lists to society: TOP FIVE B-SIDES, 1990...

Hate and discrimination exists. Hate and discrimination is bad. Often, in protest to the world's injustices, old farts like Sting write ...

In a somewhat distorted fashion, Lou Perleman is the Phil Spector of the late 1990's. Lou is the fuhrer of today's boy bands in much...

Somehow, I've always associated Third Eye Foundation with abrasive guitar terrorism over nosebleed breakbeats. In fact, the number of su...

Kevin Shields is playing UK gigs with Primal Scream. This must be a wet dream.

I can scarcely believe that I am about to write this, but "That's the Way It Is" is surely the best Celine Dion song ever. Nob...

Nobody associates a bands' "greatness" with their lyric writing ability. The Beatles are an excellent test case. There is no d...

What exactly is the difference between Much Music and Much More Music? Not much, as far as I can tell. MM plays Korn, and M3 doesn't. Oh...

I have figured out why Korn exist. Korn exist so that young people threatened by genres such as pop and techno can say "See? Rock rulz ...