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It's my flagship series, brought to text! Expect a new album review with every new episode of Vinyl Monday, live on YouTube at 11 AM ET. You can also read my archived blog posts here.
Dec 20, 202415 min read
Drugs, God, and the White Album
Every double album should aim to be as discombobulated and daring as this.
Dec 13, 202413 min read
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
A never-ending party, turned into a hungover search for salvation.
Dec 2, 202413 min read
The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
The blood and guts of the Summer of Love.
Nov 18, 202412 min read
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 50 Years Later
The Spinal Tap writers wish they came up with Genesis circa 1974.
Nov 11, 202414 min read
Led Zeppelin III
“I keep nursing this love-hate attitude towards Led Zeppelin."
Nov 4, 202416 min read
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
“Thank the lord for music. It’s a healing force beyond words to describe.” – Phil Lesh (1940-2024)
Oct 21, 202415 min read
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
This review wasn’t supposed to happen.
Oct 14, 202412 min read
Santana - Abraxas
“Our god’s name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world.” – Hermann Hesse, Demain
Oct 7, 202410 min read
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats, 55 Years Later
A piping-hot buffet of sound. “That's where I got the idea for...the title for the Hot Rats album. There is a recording that I picked up in
Oct 7, 202410 min read
In The Court of the Crimson King, 55 Years Later
The greatest debut album ever released, period. Going in: as a zoomer fan, I have an interesting perspective on King Crimson. Most of us wer
Sep 23, 202415 min read
Bob Dylan - Desire
A portal into explorers’ wildest fantasies. In keeping with the album at hand, I'll start this one off by telling a little story. Once upon
Sep 21, 202415 min read
The Clash - London Calling
"If the world ended tomorrow and this were the last rock-and-roll album ever made, what should it be?"
Sep 20, 202413 min read
Eat A Peach: The Album Review
“We thought about quitting because how could we go on without Duane? But then we realized: how could we stop?” – Butch Trucks
Sep 16, 202412 min read
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu: The Album Review
It’s the place where a star once was.
Sep 16, 202412 min read
The Stooges - Fun House
What is Iggy Pop? Why is Iggy Pop? Going in: man. Following up Nick Drake’s Pink Moon with...this...was certainly Something! So why did I
Sep 2, 20228 min read
Opal Crown: Fleetwood Mac's Hidden Gems
Sure, thunder only happens when it’s raining, but what happened before the storm? Nights are getting cooler. Bats are taking flight. Rosé...
Aug 18, 20229 min read
Peace and Love is Dead
“I knew the revolution was over at that moment. I looked over my shoulder and no one else was there.” – Dennis Thompson It’s an awfully...
Jul 8, 202211 min read
Crate Digging: My Album Recommendations
AKA: 7 records I’d kill to have in my collection. Pictured: An overhead shot of my vintage fold-down record cabinet, decorated with a...
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