Flashback Friday: Bell Biv Devoe’s ‘Poison’
Love it, laugh at it, or just remember and accept it. It’s been 20 years since Bell Biv Devoe shook the music world with this 1990 hit. Sorry Bret Michaels, it happened. A trio of east coast boys made...
View ArticleBad Music Monday: Haircut 100’s ‘Love Plus One’
There are a lot of songs and bands from the 1980s that are unforgettable. Whether they are simply amazing, or amazingly bad, people just love the 80s and its music. It could possibly go down as one of...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Ahmad’s ‘Back in the Day’
It’s difficult to consider a Flashback Friday selection and pass on a track like Back in the Day. After all, flashing back is all about nostalgia, right? Ahmad did an excellent job in this 1994 single,...
View ArticleFlashback Friday Double Dip: Rapper’s (Def Squad) Delight
Few music fans would argue the relevance of the Sugar Hill Gang and their hit, Rapper’s Delight. It’s a true hit, and whether or not some newer rappers want to admit it, the song might be one of the...
View ArticleBad Music Monday: Buckner and Garcia’s Pac-Man Fever
Can someone please explain what these guys were thinking, and if Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were really serious when they made the album Pac-Man Fever? Kudos for putting out an album featuring some...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Blind Melon’s “No Rain”
Has it really been 17 years since Shannon Hoon and the guys in Blind Melon treated us to the unforgettable No Rain video featuring a group of kids and adults dancing around in bee costumes? The video...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Green Day’s ‘When I Come Around’ and ‘Basket Case’
A couple weeks ago, a few friends got together for a rare night out. It was a rare night out because with our collective busy schedules the time simply isn’t there to keep in touch the way friends...
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Australia is the New Canada, and Other Blasphemes
For the past two or three years, I’ve been completely certain that, should I ever become an expatriate, I’d like to do so in Canada. The weather wouldn’t be much better than Minnesota, I fear, but the...
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Why Can’t I Commit To The Big Pink?
The Big Pink have a new album out, if you missed it, entitled Future This. I like the synth, the hard airiness of the drums, the rumble-bass, the shimmering chords and droning leads … but I still...
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Banter: Billie Joe, Pack Up the Pussy
I just watched Billie Joe Armstrong’s iHeartRadio rant after the Green Day set was cut short for Usher, watched him pull the “forgot about Dre” card, credit himself instead of Green Day (Mike and Tre...
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