An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 2
This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak.
Phase 2: Prog Pop (1975-1977)
Royal Bed Bouncer
The first album in Kayak Phase 2, which I call their “Prog Pop” phase was their third album overall, Royal Bed Bouncer. The band lineup was pretty much the same as on [...]
An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Introduction
It’s time for another look down the progressive rock history lane, since the Mike Oldfield post was such a smash. Even though I’m really not much of a prog rock fan, when you get right down to it.
Around the beginning of this year, I got a hankering to re-listen to all my CDs by [...]
Hollow Fans
I finally got a chance to listen to the new R.E.M. album Accelerate in its entirety. I’ve only listened to the whole thing once so far, but I have to say it’s their best since… oh… Out of Time. (I’m not a fan of Automatic for the People – it puts me to [...]
Do the Real Math
This news saddens me: Amazon DRM-Free Music Has Little Impact On Apple iTunes. I guess people just don’t care about DRM-Free music.
“DRM stands for ‘doesn’t really matter,’ ” Crupnick said. “The vast majority of people don’t experience DRM [problems]. The iPod and iTunes work great together, so none of that really bothers consumers that [...]
Hergest Ridges
Awhile ago, I received an e-mail advertising Mike Oldfield’s upcoming album Music of the Spheres as his “first classical album”. When I got that, I sent an e-mail to my bandmate DJ Smallberries saying “Huh? He wasn’t doing classical music before?” Deej is a fellow Oldfield fan, even moreso than I, and [...]
Suns That Were Freezing
The TV show My Name Is Earl can be hit-and-miss humor at times from me, and there’s some speculation that it jumped the shark during the interminable Earl-goes-to-jail story arc. But one thing that it can’t be faulted for is its use of Blue Öyster Cult music. I already mentioned how one episode [...]
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