Saturday, April 7, 2012
World Class Wreckin Cru-Surgery (1984)
"all of a sudden Dr. Dre is a G thing, but on his old album cover he was a she thing"
Pat Benetar-In The Heart of The Night (1979)
Okay. I will always be the first to admit my love for Pat Benetar. I mean, what. a. babe. My uncle grew up on the same block as her in Linderhurst, Long Island and even as a young child I thought that was the COOLEST thing ever. I mean Pat was no where near my beloved Spice Girls, but at the time she was a close second in my heart. But seriously folks, Pat Benetar rules. I know what you're thinking...why should you or I care about some pop diva who directly caters to the soundtrack of your father's backyard summer barbecues? Pat Benetar may not have been the most interesting artist of the 1980s, nor was she the best. But her songs were catchy. Although not the first female artist to utilize hard rock or punk, Pat Benetar was able to break into the mainstream with her 1979 hit "Heartbreaker". A chick on the top of the charts with a pop song about female empowerment and independence that had an extended guitar solo?! That's pretty cool. Hey, I know, Pat was mostly a corporate puppet who's style and substance was basically engineered to be a hit. I mean she barely even wrote her own songs on her first few albums. But her charisma, voice and style really separated her from other female pop singers in the 1980s and today.
I mean come on, Pat Benetar is a lot more of a Suzi Quatro then an Avril Lavigne.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
ROCK N ROLL RACING
fast paced, colorful 8-bit cars racing against the roaring midi files of BLACK SABBATH
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Pop. 1280-The Horror (2012)
Released this year on the ever-popular Sacred Bones label (Zola Jesus, The Men), Pop. 1280's newest effort is their best yet. With a new drummer and bassist from their first album, The Grid, this album is much harsher and less synth-heavy. I saw them live once again over the past weekend and what a show.
Absolutely a dark and cathartic experience, much like the album itself. Chris Bug is one hell of a frontman.
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