Music

Just What Was Tom Smith Thinking?

The stages of finding the first bad song by one of my favorite bands: 1. A grandiose breakup song. Okay. 2. Sustained falsetto. That's....different. 3. Holy shit, it's

Postmodernism

Trent Reznor gets it. Always did. This is Copy of A, from Nails' first album in 5 years. I am just a copy of a copy of a copy Everything I say

Goodbye, R.E.M.

I've had two weeks to digest R.E.M.'s inevitable breakup announcement. I have to say, they went out with class. While they lost of lot of listeners after

WBCN Goes Digital-Only

I wish I had learned about this sooner.  But news in Boston seldom travels out of the city (unless it's an embarrassing episode involving Mayor Menino). Boston's most legendary