OK. My first exposure to U2 that I recall was someone blasting "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from their boom box after getting off the bus in high school, not too long before the Joshua Tree came out. I thought it was cool, and despite the popularity of their later album, that remains my favorite U2 song even if I know it's a blatant piece of propaganda. That said, Bono had always looked unhealthy to me, his movements, manner "off." And I never did like the cover to War, and never even looked at Boy…
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Cake. The Band. Walked into somewhere recently and was reminded how much of a love-hate relationship I have with these guys. Musically, tight as hell, but with such a toxic degree of hipster cynicism that it’s no surprise I haven’t listened to them in years. The first song I’d ever heard was “Frank Sinatra” – and for those of you familiar with Peter Murphy’s solo career, at first I wondered if he had a new album out (I recall this being shortly before he actually did release a new solo album,…
The final battle of WW2 in Europe was an odd affair. On May 5, after Hitler’s suicide but just before Germany’s unconditional surrender, American Army forces of the 23rd tank battalion joined with German Wehrmacht units to defend castle Itter [https://infogalactic.com/info/Battle_for_Castle_Itter] from the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. Yes, you read that right. Not a large action, it was nevertheless an odd one, and the only known battle in WW2 where US and German army forces fought side b…
Peter Grant [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2018/05/not-moodiest-of-blues.html] digs up a relatively recently released version of the Moody Blues “The Story In Your Eyes”. He’s also got a new book out [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-stones-of-silence-is-now-available.html] . Saw them in college during the Sur La Mer tour. It was an outstanding concert, and always did like Wildest Dreams. In the meantime the Didact presents some power metal [http://didactsreach.…
Way back in the distant past – ok, not so distant past – I used to listen to a lot of crap. Let me back up, and define crap. Or perhaps, better yet, let’s look to Jon Del Arroz, [http://delarroz.com/?p=1950]and why he mostly listens to bubbly pop music like Taylor Swift: > Something I’ve wanted to post about for a bit in terms of general “successful mindset”, is about music. It’s no secret that I’m quite into bubbly pop music, especially that of the legendary Taylor Swift. I take a bit of flac…