Monthly Archives: October 2006

Like You’ve Never Done It

Ace of Base was com­pared greatly to ABBA in the 1990’s when they came on the scene, prob­a­bly because, like ABBA, they were a Swedish dance group with two dudes and two chicks. Musi­cally, how­ever, I have always thought Ace of Base beared a greater resem­b­lence to UB40. A gayer, more Swedish UB40.

Hangin’ Out in “Weeeemsburg”

I don’t know why it is, exactly, but the grum­bling old grouch in me just loves see­ing grum­bling old grouchy stuff. We’ve been want­ing to head up to Colo­nial Williams­burg for awhile now. Kim and I really like com­ing here, even though the last time we were here we got some really dirty looks from

Live-Evil

Some regard Bitches Brew as Miles Davis’ attempt at stay­ing rel­e­vant to black audi­ences by merg­ing Jazz with Rock, Funk, and exper­i­men­tal music. These fans feel that Bitches Brew, while inac­cess­able to most peo­ple, was an effort to build the keep in which Jazz could remain vital for decades to come. In some ways, this

Pickup Question (Bass Nerds Only)

Is it me or do musician-related inter­net forums really, really suck? What a bunch of whiny jerks. Peo­ple com­plain about Linux geeks alot and how snotty they can be, but I guar­an­tee you that SOMEONE in an open source forum WILL help you. Musi­cian forums seem to be pri­mar­ily made up of 16 year old