Category Archives: Music
Road Tunes: The Tradgically Hip
Canada’s Glory Child I got into the Tragically Hip in the 1990s when I drove from Missoula to Seattle on spring break and my buddy, Torrey, and I must have listed to Blowing High Dough about a hundred times. We … Continue reading
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion
Screaming Trees While Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice and Chains placed a stranglehold on the 1990s Seattle rock scene, another band, the Screaming Trees, was quietly jostling for position and pumping out some awesome tunes under the radar. Some … Continue reading
Meat Puppets
Creative band that heavily influenced Nirvana I probably became interested in the Meat Puppets when I heard Kurt Cobaine say something about how that band influenced his music and I liked his music, a lot, so why not find out … Continue reading
Neil Young’s Greatest Hits
End of the trip I have to be honest here. I can hardly look at Neil Young without getting sick. There’s something about that greasy hair and the emaciated body. I just don’t think the dude looks right. A life … Continue reading
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The Essential Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” Those words echo familiar to every warm-blooded American and with his choppy, melodic guitar riffs and massive faithful following, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more beloved artist than the late Johnny … Continue reading
Rock Hard Power Spray in Helsinki, Finland
Ok, so they’re not a household name in the States. Not even in Helsinki, Finland where I bumped into them while staking out nightclubs on my way to Russia to fish the world’s most prolific Atlantic salmon stream. What else … Continue reading
Cake Pressure Chief
Sometimes I get mired in the negativity and I need a release. Cake’s Pressure Chief offers that. This nor-Cal band provides flippant tunes in a funky way—an appealing mix of
Flogging Molly—Irish Punk
If you’re looking for some Irish punk to get you down the long, straight road, or if you just want to piss-off your campground neighbors—as in, no sleep for anyone tonight!—Flogging Molly’s Swagger is a great buy. This