The same type of girl, or a slight variation thereof, appears in each of the below videos. I think of her as “Arty Loner Girl”. Arty Loner Girl has a number of identifiers: Invariably has long brown hair Spends a lot of time walking around, seemingly aimlessly, often in forests Often has a pet dog Likes…
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Madder Rose: Time Shifting
It’s strange how music that we may not have heard at a particular time in our lives can still remind us of that time when we hear it now. Madder Rose (named after a paint pigment called Rose Madder) was a band that came along in the 1990s, released four albums and then broke up….
Sitting and Thinking (Or Not)
Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit. It’s a great album title, isn’t it? And it functions on a couple of different levels. On first glance, it’s just a funny statement. But it also has a layer of “zen” about it, too – an evocation of sitting meditation, a clearing out of…
Joe Walsh & Friends’ Magical 1975 Show
Long ago (and far away), I came into possession of a videotape of Joe Walsh (and Friends, including some of the Eagles) recorded in 1975 for TV show Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. My copy was multi-generations removed from the original and was somewhat fuzzy and muffled. Still, it’s a magical performance and I used to…
The Church’s “The Blurred Crusade” Cover Art
One of the most striking album covers of the early 80s is for The Blurred Crusade by the Church. The record, named after a line in the song “You Took”, was the band’s second full-length and was a collection of jangly, poetic, and powerful guitar-based rock. The music featured more varied textures than many of…
The Unexpected Rise of Wilco
Voted “Least Likely to Succeed”. If there was an alt country yearbook for the class of 1994/1995, Jeff Tweedy probably would have received that designation from the critics as well as the record-buying public. Uncle Tupelo, the band he had fronted with Jay Farrar since 1990, had just split up. Tweedy quickly formed Wilco, while…
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