Let me make something very clear right now: I am great. I can’t put into words JUST how great I am, but I’m so great that the twin sisters of vanity and humility call me on an hourly basis and I never even make an effort to pick up the phone (how did they even […]
Album Review: Mac DeMarco’s “Salad Days”
A person’s twenties are a rough time period. There’s confusion in changing platitudes, frustrations (physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual, etc.), lingering feelings of inadequacy, hatred at the norm, and maybe most of all the nagging feeling that something isn’t right. Nowhere you go, nothing you do, nobody you meet seems right, and you can’t quite place […]
Album Review: Common’s “Nobody’s Smiling”
I don’t know how to start this shit, yo… While this particular review has nothing to do with Nas, that famous line from Illmatic might be the best way for me to actually start this piece. For one, Common has been one of my favorite artists for a long time now; at one point he was […]
Artist Profile: The Ink Spots
If I didn’t care… I never would have written this.
Track Review: William DeVaughn’s “Be Thankful for What You Got”
Album: Be Thankful for What You Got (1974) I promise you that you’ve heard, at some point or another, the infamous chorus of this song: Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin’ the scene with a gangsta lean, woo-who-ooooooh William DeVaughn wrote this song back when he was a government worker, and it was originally […]
Artist Profile: Mike Tenay
Good Lord, this feels like the Twilight Zone. If the name Mike Tenay doesn’t resonate with you, don’t fret. He may not be the biggest name in music. Moreover, he’s rather well-known in a completely unrelated industry: professional wrestling. Many knew him as a color commentator for the ill-fated World Championship Wrestling, from 1994 to […]
Track Review: Eight to the Bar’s “Sugar High”
Album: Superhero Swinger Undercover (2003) You’ll have to excuse me if I can’t properly recall where I first heard this curious song. Maybe I was letting my mind absently listen through the less and less frequent repeats of Pandora, or maybe I just ran across it while surfing the world wide internet as I usually […]
Weight in Words: Redux 