Kendrick Succeeds

When Kendrick took the stage just a week ago at Super Bowl halftime before America’s watchful eyes, I craved an indisputable refutation of the corruption, criminality and tyranny currently holding sway over large swathes of this nation’s consciousness. In retrospect, what I craved was something cretinous and artless, an act that would satisfy my rage […]

Surrender: How Bono’s 2022 Autobiography Turned Me From Casual U2 Fan To Megafan

I thought that we, as a society, needed to reckon with U2. Conversations around their legacy and impact often build upon an amnesia that robs their career of its highest achievements and I wanted to reframe that perspective. I thought perhaps Bono’s 2022 autobiography, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, could wrest back the narrative and, […]

CTRL-ALT-DLT

I have had plans to reboot this inconsequential blog many times. I even had a title for my first post back. It was “Fuck, I’m 40,” an unnecessary vulgarity to make light of my age. Then I turned 41 and had done nothing. I thought I’d try again and joke how the original title was […]

Eric Steele – The Great plains

Erstwhile rock frontman, playwright and filmmaker, Eric Steele has returned to music with The Great Plains, a country album set in the broad core of America in a post-pandemic world. It’s a continuation of Steele’s captivation with the terra firma at the so-called heart of America, finding a new voice, literally and figuratively, to explore […]

50 American Bands > The Eagles: Epilogue

Rules and criteria – 41-50 – 31-40 – 21-30 – 11-20 – 1-10 About 25 percent of what I said in the course of presenting this list was a lie. I don’t, for instance, really trust that Faith No More is a greater band than the Eagles. I would rather listen to them any day of the week, but a […]

50 American Bands > The Eagles: 1-10

This is a list of 50 great American Bands with some occasional pot-shots at The Eagles just for fun. Rules and criteria – 41-50 – 31-40 – 21-30 – 11-20

50 American Bands > The Eagles: 11-20

This is a list of 50 great American Bands with some occasional pot-shots at The Eagles just for fun. Rules and criteria – 41-50 – 31-40 – 21-30

50 American Bands > The Eagles: 21-30

This is a list of 50 great American Bands with some occasional pot-shots at The Eagles for fun. I should mention it’s not the first list of it’s kind. The great Steven Hyden took his own shot with the concept of the American band championship belt, which I highly recommend over this stupid, if 100% […]

50 American Bands > The Eagles: 31-40

This is a list of 50 great American Bands with some occasional pot-shots at The Eagles for fun. Rules and criteria – 41-50

50 American Bands > The Eagles: 41-50

For my subjective rules and criteria, go here. There’s no crying in listicles.