Album A Day: Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant

Artist: Arlo Guthrie
Album: Alice’s Restaurant
Released: 1967
I kinda missed the boat on this one, since it’s generally meant to be played on Thanksgiving Day, but better late than never, I suppose. I don’t have much of anything to say on this album, seeings how it was meant for the day off I took Thursday. But [...]

Moment of Zen: The Muppets Take On Queen

This video has been circling the interwebs for a few days now, so it’s ancient in blog years, but I was waiting till today to post it anyway. If you haven’t seen this video yet, now you have no excuse. So, here it is, your moment of Zen:

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody [...]

Album A Day: The Killers – Hot Fuss

Artist: The Killers
Album: Hot Fuss
Release Date: June 15, 2004
I go back and forth on The Killers. I consistently like their singles, and the albums are also normally good for a few spins (and a return trip some time later), but Brandon Flowers has a jackass tendency, and the over the top nature of their music [...]

Album A Day: Switchfoot – The Beautiful Letdown

Artist: Switchfoot
Album: The Beautiful Letdown
Release Date: February 25, 2003
We’re taking today off, as it’s Thanksgiving, so to all my American readers, hope yours was a happy one, and I’ll be back for real tomorrow. Readers abroad, continue about your day as normal.
Switchfoot – Meant to Live [iTunes] (YSI)
==TJ==

Album A Day: Lady Gaga – The Fame

Artist: Lady Gaga
Album: The Fame
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Chalk my listening to this album up to morbid curiosity. No, I’m not intrigued by Gaga’s batshit crazy outfits or personality. For the most part I just wanted to know what, if anything, I was missing out on by not hearing anything beyond “Just Dance” [...]

Album A Day: Nirvana – Nevermind

Artist: Nirvana
Album: Nevermind
Release Date: September 24, 1991
I’ve been trying to avoid “classic” albums like Nevermind in this project, mostly just because I don’t think there’s anything meaningful I can contribute to what’s been said about it already. Yes, it’s a watershed moment in the world of alternative rock music. Yes, it’s more or [...]

With Rated R, Rihanna Has A Chip On Her Shoulder

Given the year that Rihanna has had (do I really need to recap?), few people would blame her for making a dark, snappy album that isn’t interested in charming listeners. And with Rated R, the Barbadian singer has done exactly that. But there’s another level to this record, one where it seems like Rihanna is [...]

Album A Day: The White Stripes – Icky Thump

Artist: The White Stripes
Album: Icky Thump
Release Date: June 15, 2007
This was the first complete White Stripes album I heard, mostly on the grounds that it was the first one that had two fairly straightforward rock singles I could get behind. It was also the first time I felt like Jack White stopped being [...]

Album A Day: The Nightwatchman – One Man Revolution

Artist: The Nightwatchman
Album: One Man Revolution
Release Date: April 27, 2007
Usually if a contemporary artist wants to drive home a point, especially one containing a social or political message, that message is accompanied by crunching guitars and ham-handed declarations cranked up to 11. Leave it to Tom Morello, guitarist for Rage Against The Machine, to turn [...]

Album A Day: Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree

Artist: Fall Out Boy
Album: From Under the Cork Tree
Release Date: May 3, 2005
It’d be easy for me to cut Fall Out Boy to pieces in this post, since it’s both the cool thing to do these days and it’d be in the context of this album, quite possibly their weakest one to date. But [...]