“If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?” It’s Nov 30, 2019.  An album that dominated my musical landscape like no other was released 40 years today.  It’s The Wall by Pink Floyd.  I’m here to write a few words […]

I’ve been a huge Pink Floyd fan for as long as I can remember. Today they released a compilation, “The Later Years 1987-2019“.  It is selected songs from a significantly larger box set coming out next month, also called “The Later Years”.  I wanted to take a few moments and get a few thoughts down […]

I was a child of the 80’s, and in the early/mid 80’s one of the biggest powerhouses there was at the time was Quiet Riot.  Technically the third Quiet Riot album, Metal Health came out in 1983, and good God was that a massive album.  There was a lot to like on that album, but […]

A friend of mine on Facebook had a post about the band Dream Theatre and it made me wonder. Have any of my music friends checked out any of the last three Night Ranger albums? 2011’s “Somewhere in California” 2014’s “High Road” 2017’s “Don’t Let Up“

You know how you have those desert island albums – the ones that you would take with you if you couldn’t listen to anything else?  Well, that’s Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche.  In fact, I’d go further than that, it is my favorite album by any band, anywhere, anytime.  Nothing is better.  Not anything by Black […]

UPDATE: I rewrote this article for the 40th anniversary on 21 Mar 2023.  You can read that newer one here (in fact I urge you to do so), but I left the original online for historical sake. I’m going to write a little about an album that turns 35 years old today (Mar 21, 2018).  Originally […]

A friend of mine recently posted a list of his favourite albums. I read it, and thought “I can do that”, and then realized that quickly the list would get out of hand, because I have a LOT of music, and I’d list way too much stuff. So, I decided to do a list too, […]

He lost his job and all he had in the fall of ’09 Now he feared the worst, that he would lose his children and his wife So he drove down deep into the woods and thought he’d end it all And prayed, “Lord above, I need a miracle”

Lord I want to feel your heart and see the world through your eyes I want to be your hands and feet I want to live a life that leads chorus ready yourselves ready yourselves Let us shine the light of Jesus in the darkest night ready yourselves ready yourselves May the powers of darkness […]

I’m a big fan of the band Queensryche, who tend to write a lot of politically charged songs. Anyway, their 1991 album, “Empire” contained a song with the following lyrics. In fiscal year 1986 to 1987, local state and federal governments spent up to a combined total of 60.6 million dollars on law enforcement. Federal […]