Albums of the Day June Selections

“I realized what I thought I wanted to say in song … I wanted it to be more akin to Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Faulkner, as…

Albums of the Day June Selections

“I realized what I thought I wanted to say in song … I wanted it to be more akin to Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Faulkner, as opposed to The Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan.”

John Cougar Mellencamp on Scarecrow

Comedy is a mix of many things, depending on the comedian. Some of my favorite comedians derive their comedy from anger. 8:46 IS anger.

An artist is rarely part of one music movement … rarer is to be part of two … and rarer still is creating a genre-defining album in the later.

But then, not every artist is Carole King.

AC/DC’s Back in Black is about as perfect as a rock and roll record you’re likely to hear.

“Me Against the World was really to show people that this is an art to me. That I do take it like that. And whatever mistakes I make, I make out of ignorance, not out of disrespect to music or the art.”

— Tupac Shakur

Album of the Day June 15, 2020

Well they blew the horns
And the walls came down
They’d all been warned
And the walls came down
They stood there laughing
They’re not laughing anymore
The walls came down

I don’t think there are any Russians
And there ain’t no Yanks
Just corporate criminals
Playin’ with tanks

Don’t let Lucinda Williams laconic style fool you into thinking there isn’t anything here, Good Souls Better Angels has real bite.

When Bootsy Collins asked his mother why she named him “Bootsy” he explained: “She just said, ‘Because you looked like a Bootsy.’ I left it at that.”

Album of the Day — June 10

Rufus says you should check all out all of the Albums of the Day, going back to March.

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