In the midst of ripping and converting my music collection, I again became painfully aware of classifications for music genres. It's always been something that can make me cringe or even become completely befuddled, bemused and bewildered - how do I classify my music? Do I really have to pretend that I am in a record store looking for this album just so I can have it randomly pop up in a playl...
So two weeks ago I was laid off...again. On that day I was planning on doing a in-depth (ad nauseam) review of the latest (and likely last) four remastered Killing Joke releases that came out the same day.Later that week I was nursing a decent hangover. trying to scramble to find work and then I get sick. Nothing related to booze. Fever, delirious and a bunch of other stuff. It took me alm...
I was going to blog about this earlier but came down with some food poisening and didn't feel like I could do a decent job about it. I am better now so I am going to try it again.Last Saturday I had the chance to check out the Legendary Pink Dots who are a british band that lives in Amsterdam. Why they live there I don't know....it could be lifestyle, it could be taxes, it could be the hash....
It really bothers me that Britney Spears is pop music's current craziest individual. Even though she's little more than white trash with a Bentley, Brit-Brit has had the world transfixed for years with positively zany antics like not wearing underpants, driving poorly, and shaving her head, making it downright sad that the rap sheet of America's premier loony reads like the reasons why some pim...
Formed in London in 1980, the Legendary Pink Dots moved to Amsterdam in the middle of the decade. Members throughout the band's career have been Edward Ka-Spel (vocals, keyboards) and Phil Knight (keyboards), also known as the Silver Man, with a shifting supporting cast over the years. The Dots' music ...
I just found out that nordic beasts The Legendary Pink Dots quietly released a new full-length very recently called Platinum Blonde. And as you can expect, like contemporaries Lilys and Psychic TV, they're still all over the place. Platinum Blonde features it all: psychedelia, noise, and hell, even a few dance ditties. Though they've yet to [...]