Category Archives: Rant Mode
So This Is The New Year….
The Mayans are predicting that 2012 is going to be the end of the world. I really hope this is not true. I hope that it’ll be a new beginning for me and for the world in many different ways. I plan to accomplish a lot, and I have some things I hope come into [...]
2011 Roundup Part 4: The “WTF” Moments of 2011
I explained the good of the 2011 and the bad of 2011, and now i’m going to get to the ugly. *Cue in the theme to The Good, The Bad and the Ugly!* Seriously, though, 2011 was filled with some moments that made me scratch my head so hard my scalp constantly was bleeding. Some [...]
2011 Roundup Part 3: The Biggest Bummers of 2011
As 2011 was a great year for music, it also contained some disappointments and sad moments. #1. Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore splitting: I think I’ve whined about this enough. But listening to Sonic Youth just ain’t the same now. The “Dirty Boots” video seems less like an early 90s underground dream but a sad, [...]
2011 Roundup Part 2: Best Events of the Year
Great albums aside, there were many reasons why 2011 was a very good year for the music world. I am going to run down a few events, shows and instances that made 2011 pretty darn good! #1. Mike Watt @ Daniels Street Cafe, Milford, CT 4/5/2011 (w/ Thurston Moore): Late last year, Mike Watt (ex-Minutemen, [...]
2011 Roundup Part 1: Albums Of The Year
This year went faster than most years, seemingly ending as fast as it began. There were a lot of albums released this year, as there is every year, but 2011 was kind of disappointing as far as music was concerned. It could have been because 2010 was such a great year for music, but it [...]
The Holiday Hoedown (Part 1): Top 10 Favorite Holiday Songs (#10-6)
Well, it’s the holiday season once again, and this time it really came too quickly. It’s unseasonably warm out still, especially for New England, Black Friday resulted in a clusterfuck of incidents (ranging from a chick using pepper spray to get an XBox, to people trampling over a dead guy), and this is gonna be [...]