Music category
The best Bond themes that never were
- 6 Nov 2015
- The worldwide release of Spectre gives me a chance to post my favorite non-007 songs that have a 007 vibe.
Smashing Pumpkins – “Thirty-Three”
- 9 Aug 2015
- This ethereal song and its artsy video warrant a post on my personal blog on this particular date.
Bush – Sixteen Stone
- 26 Jun 2015
- Almost 19 years ago, I got Sixteen Stone. It's the first album I've ever owned and I can still see and hear it, in more ways than one.
Green Day – “When I Come Around”
- 5 Jun 2015
- Two score and however many days ago, I listened to and then wrote about a song that sort of changed my life.
George Michael – “Freedom ’90”
- 15 May 2015
- The artist being absent is bold and the supermodels lip-syncing in his place is clever. The style of its now-famous Hollywood director and the message of its then-closeted gay superstar add to the aura of this video.
National Recording Registry, Class of 2014
- 28 Mar 2015
- Two albums from the late 90s, a single from the early 60s, an album from the 60s, and a compilation album spanning the 60s and 70s are the highlights of these 25 recordings.
Rubber Factory turns 10
- 14 Sep 2014
- My favorite album from one of my favorite bands was released 10 years and one week ago. You might've heard one of the songs in a commercial, movie, or show.