when i was a kid in the 90s and the radio DJ would keep playing the irrelevant Queenryche even though all anyone wanted to hear the Smashing Pumpkins. i remember thinking, man, i just wish Queensryche would throw in the towel.
this article just kills it in so many ways; propers, Tom. you not only captured the album, but what it was like to be an indie music fan in the early 90s--scouring BMG...using PBS.
recently my wife was asking me about how i knew so much about music as a kid and i struggled to explain how much work it was back then. you had to buy magazines. you had to be in record clubs. even then, there was no guarantee that you could get an album if you didn't live in certain markets. now you can download a song or stream it with a click of the mouse. part of me wonders if that makes music more disposable now than back in the day. once i finally got Dirty, you couldn't pry that album from my hands not just because it was so good but also the effort it took me just to get it.
City Soleil.
in other news i heard they are going to make a movie about the making of Walk the Line and Dulli is going to play Joaquin Phoenix playing Johnny Cash.
michael, i was about to throw my computer across the room because i was certain that you wouldn't rank The Good, the Bad & the Queen number 1. Green Fields may be Albarn's most harrowing song--more than the Universal or Out of Time.
i think i am going to have to side with the guy who did time in Rikers for criminal possession of guns and drugs.
in any case, how many times did Pusha say "nigga?" running the risk of sounding old and white--that's gotta end. not just because it is offense but also because it shows some lack of creativity.
FJM should be on this list, but i would have to disagree with FJM not being buzzworthy.
1. his performance on Letterman has been the best late night performance this year;
2. and he left a terrible band (Fleet Foxes) to make good music.
where's I Wanna Be Adored? can't imagine a song being more important to 90s britpop than that. was NME not counting 1990 because that year is technically the tenth year of the 80s?
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