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.
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 [...]
A real conversation I had earlier this evening:
Walgreens Employee: Hey, buy one get one free! They’re awesome!!
Kim: No, thank you.
Walgreens Employee: They have more peanuts!
Justin: Oh, uh. X-Treme with no ‘E’, huh?
Walgreens Employee: [uncomfortable laugh] Yeah, like everything else these days; spelled wrong. What are we teaching our kids, right?
Justin: Yeah. I’m surprised they don’t [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
When I mouth off to a Starbucks employee because they attempt to sell me some “neo-soul” baloney, it is only because a long time ago I did the research and found out where the music I love comes from. I know what it looks like, I know what it sounds like, and I know what [...]
There’s a potential article in here about how, despite the many alterations and overall hackjob these Indians made on the Michael Jackson classic, the bass line is the only musical element to stay intact. I am sure I could pontificate about the universal nature of a great ostinato bass line– but I wont. Mostly because [...]
When I am not rocking out with the world-class musicians of Virginia Beach, Virginia; I like to write really, really shitty music incorporating three bass tracks and a drum machine:
Fart Mouth
I’m an idiot.
As some of you know already, Kim’s sister, Rumellee, is pregnant with her first child. I would have made a post about this earlier, but there’s a lot of smoke and mirrors that goes with being Filipino. I had to keep my mouth shut because I wasn’t officially supposed to know. Rum knew that I [...]
