Turning the Tide

After a decade of delays, the second Jonny Chan & The New Dynasty Six album has finally lifted off the runway. It could be said that “I ...

01. The Explorers Club- Freedom Wind 02. Jonathan Richman- Because Her Beauty is Raw and Wild 03. Various- Sing Me a Rainbow: A Trident An...

One of the good things about living in California (after years living elsewhere) is chance meetings with those whose inventions made a small...

1.Kent 3-"Spells" 2.Ben Weasel- "Fidatevi" 3.KO and the Knockouts-"S/T" 4.Palomar-"II" 5.The Possibi...

Best "New Releases" 1. Embrooks-Separations... 2. Outrageous Cherry-Out There in the Dark 3. Embrooks-Our New Day 4. Berkeley Squi...

A significant world event may have happened earlier this month with the legendary Mike C. alleged visit to Taiwan on the way back from Kuala...

1.Outrageous Cherry- Our Love Will Change The World 2. The Quarter After- s/t 3. Ugly Beats- Bring on the Beats "Bring on the Beats...

01. Ted Leo/Pharmacists-Shake The Sheets 02. Jonathan Richman-Not So Much To Be Loved as toLove 03. The Divine Comedy-Absent Friends 04. Den...

1.Saturday Looks Good to Me-All Your Summer Songs (and they were…the soundtrack of summer 03) 2.High Llamas-Beet, Maize & Corn (Warm wel...

1.Jim Noir- Tower of Love- (A great overall disc of melodic wholeness for Beach Boys listeners.) 2.Saturday Looks Good to Me- Sound on Sound...

Now that 2008 is more than half-way over, it's time for best sounds released in 2007. I based my list on just a rough-estimate of rotati...

Last weekend, our family was in Anaheim for the American Library Association Annual Conference. It was good to feel the ocean breezes once a...

One: Aftermath In this current age besieged by so-called garage bands that lean more in the ponderous era of pre-punk 1975 than seminal 1965...

I found out about this exciting band today. It's going to be a challenging album to track down. On their website, they list the American...

My wife and I were able to make it out to the Pasadena City College swap meet yesterday morning. It was great to have the light traffic and ...

A couple of weekends ago, the Chandler Cinema screened this Roger Corman production. I enjoyed viewing it on the expanded screen after seein...