Book Review: Throbbing Gristle’s Twenty Jazz Funk Greats

Throbbing Gristle's Twenty Jazz Funk Greats by Drew DanielMy rating: 5 of 5 stars A serious work about a serious work. Er, the book was impressively done on this still-controversial TG experiment that, like the band that influenced so many that came after. Many attribute the founding of the industrial rock movement to Throbbing Gristle …

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Favorite Songs by Decade

My Favorite Songs by Decade Recently, Gretchen and I were listening to our favorite DJ, Richard Blade, on our favorite radio station, First Wave, on SiriusXM as he interviewed The Cure’s Robert Smith, one of my favorite singers from one of my favorite bands. Gretchen can’t stand him. Richard asked him an interesting question and …

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A Review of Praying To The Aliens

Praying To The Aliens by Gary Numan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ever since I heard "Cars" on the radio in 1979 at the age of 14, I've been a Gary Numan fan. He was different. He was strange. He made good music. I enjoyed his first few albums and then lost track of …

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