by Steve Seidel | Dec 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m no good at the best *songs* of the year lists. I spend a ridiculous amount of time contemplating my top 10 albums of the year, leaving little room to debate which songs are better or worse than others. Besides, if you want to get a well rounded list of the...
by Steve Seidel | Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Holy shit, 2021 crazier than a feral hog binge watching Twin Peaks. In the world of music, the natural flow of album releases was upset by the pandemic, with many artists pushing releases to coincide with a touring schedule that was pushed to the last few months of...
by Steve Seidel | Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Neil’s 70s run is as stellar as they come. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (‘70) to Rust Never Sleeps (‘79), is a Usain Bolt-esque run of output. In the middle of it rests On The Beach (‘74). Listening to the triumvirate of “Blues” songs (the album features...
by Steve Seidel | Dec 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
True story that I heard second hand so I’m not sure exactly how it went down: Kraftwerk were playing the Hollywood Palladium back in 1998 (Rolling Stone review). One of their agents introduced himself to the band backstage before the show. They hadn’t met...
by Steve Seidel | Nov 3, 2018 | Block
Thursday night I went to my workout class. A rare excursion to exercise after work. I got there pretty early. So I did the warm up stuff one does before class starts – foam roller, the whole bit. A friend of a friend was set up next to me. She mentioned...