PICTURE OF THE DAY

THE PARKAS-”Put Your Head in the Lion’s Mouth”

A sprinkling of Velvet Underground creeps through The Parkas’ second release, “Put Your Head in the Lion’s Mouth.” Or maybe it’s the Replacements? You know the sound I’m talking about–fuzzy, haunting guitar licks and ’70s punkish vocals minus the snarl. But it’s definitely not throwback rock, once you’ve added the tough lyrics, such as the [...]

FOO A to Z (live, covers, and very rarities)

I did a Foo A to Z about a year ago or so. Actually, it was a whole week of Foo. It didn’t go down too well. Guess my readers weren’t fans back then. I’m trying again because they are one of my top 5 favorite rock bands ever. And I didn’t even like Nirvana [...]

MY BALLS ARE FIXED

Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)-Ryan Adams & Elton John (Actual balls pictured)

PICTURE(s) OF THE DAY

I have a new favorite website of funny statues from around the world. I’m putting a couple here for you, but you really should go to the site. Hilarious.

PICTURE OF THE DAY (with a soundtrack!)

Ah, to be a young and foolish teen again . . . speaking of teens:  This is a live version of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. If if every Nirvana song sounded like this, I would have loved the band. But their studio stuff never had this kind of energy, did it?