Metal Dad - Hardcore for Life

Nothing Gets You High When You're Hungry For Love

The Morning Drive - Todd Rundgren A Wizard, A True Star


I know I've written about this album before but it is one of my favorite albums of all time. TR could have cranked out a collection of songs just like "I Saw the Light" after the relative success of Something/Anything? but he chose to explore using the studio like a musical instrument. And while this LP was a portent of some of the prog-rock excesses of Utopia and later solo excursions I return to it quite regularly.

One of the best live shows I ever saw was Utopia at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago circa 1974. They had recently pared the group down to four members and they played a three hour show with no opening act and a 15 or 20 minute intermission. A highlight of that show was their take on "Something's Coming" from West Side Story. A good version of it can be heard on Todd Rundgren's Utopia's Another Live.

Tags: AWATS, Current Listening, The Morning Drive, Todd Rundgren

As I Pulled Away Slowly, Feelin' So Holy...

The Morning Drive: Tom Waits - Closing Time


I heard the Eagles' cover of "Ol' 55" the other day for the first time in awhile. I think the slick production with its layered vocal harmonies completely mucks up the song.

Tags: Music, The Eagles, The Morning Drive, Tom Waits

The Rage That Guides

I posted about this band the other day and have been checking them out. I have a fondness for female fronted hardcore bands. The Metal Dad household likes strong women. Listening to them has got me back on the hardcore tip. I've been on a big sludge and black ambient binge.

xKINGDOMx - The Rage that Guides

Tags: Female Fronted Bands, Hardcore, Video, xKingdomx

Voice Poetry

or Lunchtime Listening: Ornette Coleman - Body Meta


Tags: Body Meta, Jazz, Lunchtime Listening, Ornette Coleman

Always Hopeful, Yet Discontent

The Morning Drive: Rush - Moving Pictures


I have to admit that I was never very fond of Rush back in the day but I've recently begun exploring their discography. While Geddy Lee's voice is an acquired taste, there's no denying they display excellent musical skills. I especially like the libertarian and Randian themes that run through some of their song lyrics.

Tags: Current Listening, Music, Rush, The Morning Drive

Hunting And Gathering

or Lunchtime Listening

Monoliths and Dimensions

We're back on the drone/doom tip after a Krautrock binge and no one does drone better than Sunn O))).

Tags: Doom, Drone, Lunchtime Listening, Sunn O)))

That's The Way I Like It Baby, I Don't Want To Live Forever

Motorhead- Ace of Spades

In Heavy Rotation

So I'm looking at my "In Heavy Rotation" list and there's a troublesome lack of hardcore music being played. I could be accused of false advertising in the title of my blog. I seem to have slipped back into a Krautrock phase among other things.

Tags: Current Listening, Hardcore, In Heavy Rotation, Krautrock, Music

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Alex Smith of Flaming Pablum fame has a nice article on the upcoming reunion of the original line up of Black Sabbath. The possibility of a Rick Rubin produced album of new material is mentioned. Horns up!!

Tags: Alex Smith, Black Sabbath, Flaming Pablum, Heavy Metal, Reunions, Rick Rubin

It's Life, Not Books That Taught Me All I've Learned

Well, not really but it's my Lunchtime Listening: The Bonzo Dog Band - The Doughnuts in Grannys' Greenhouse

British dance-hall and trad jazz collide with nascent psychedelia

Tags: Bonzo Dog Band, Lunchtime Listening