I was watching the Pats violate the NY Jets with a proverbial rubber fist last night when I saw a commercial that answered the question,”When did we as Americans become such pigs that we allowed our economy to be run into the ditch my man Barack keeps talking about”? It was a Mercedes Benz commercial recommending you […]
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A-Z, 1-2-3: Poster Children
Posted: 2nd December 2010 by ed in Blogs, EdTags: A-Z 1-2-3, Ed, High School, Poster Children
Never heard of Poster Children? I am not surprised. Hell, I don’t even remember how or when I first heard them. As a teen my main partner in crime was my pal Larry. The two if us spent way too much time together and much of that time was centered around music. I figure he […]
A-Z, 1-2-3: Onelinedrawing
Posted: 30th November 2010 by ed in Blogs, EdTags: A-Z 1-2-3, Ed, Jonah Matranga, Onelinedrawing
Onelinedrawing is actually just Jonah Matranga. See, Jonah used to be in Far and recorded a few songs on his own that weren’t meant to be heard by anyone. He ended up releasing these songs on a few EPs and then went Far went on hiatus he focused on Onelinedrawing as a real project. In […]
The year was 1991 and I was finishing up my freshman year. Though I was impatient for the physical manifestations of puberty, checking in the mirror for armpit hair every time I exited the shower, the emotional changes had begun and I my taste in music was changing. Up to this point I was listening […]
The Black Eyed Peas: Why The Band You Love To Hate Matters.
Posted: 28th November 2010 by Begley in Begley, BlogsTags: begley, black eyed peas, lego, music
Yes, they are the monsters who have given us four of the most ridiculous human beings on the planet. With names like, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie Ferg, the Black Eyed Peas have always toed the line of “Stop it” and “Original”. Keep in mind this is the four people who introduced the world to […]
A-Z, 1-2-3:Muse
Posted: 24th November 2010 by ed in Blogs, EdTags: A-Z 1-2-3, Late to the Party, Muse
The letter M proved to be harder to whittle down to one than I thought. There were at least 3 other bands that might have made it here instead of Muse but upon reflection Muse won out. Often compared to Radiohead, for obvious reasons, Muse came into their own over the last few years as […]
A-Z, 1-2-3: Live
Posted: 23rd November 2010 by ed in Blogs, EdTags: A-Z 1-2-3, DUI, High School, Live
Everyone goes through phases as they grow up. One day your favorite band is Def Leppard the next it might be Guns N Roses. Then high school hits any everything changes. Your body is going all wonky with hair appearing in new places and your desire for the Starscream is replaced with an insatiable urge […]
It has been a hectic day and I am way behind on posting this so rather than mouth-off about why I like this band I am just going to get after it. If you really care to know just throw a comment in and I will reply there. Maybe I will go back and add […]
I am going to be upfront about this; I was late to the Jimmy Eat World party. Not extremely late mind you, but late enough that I can’t claim Static Prevails or Clarity as the record that made me fall in love with this band. My first real exposure came with Bleed American in 2001. […]
A-Z, 1-2-3: House of Pain
Posted: 17th November 2010 by ed in Blogs, EdTags: 90s Rap, A-Z 1-2-3, Ed, House of Pain
When I started this project I knew some letters would present certain challenges. The letters Q and Z were the first I expected to be hard to find artists for but I wasn’t anticipating having a hard time until the 2nd round of the alphabet at the earliest. This is not to say H was […]