At the age of 64, Daryl Hall has nothing left to prove. He’s been a certified hitmaker for nearly forty years, and has gone from being a Seventies and Eighties pop icon to a legend whose vocal acuity and hitmaking sense have influenced many of the artists dominating top 40 radio today. In between touring with his partner John Oates, these last few years have also seen Hall gain recognition amongst the young’ns for his popular web series “Live From […]
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The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Rich Girl”
Gonzo: Ayo! Blerd: Sup man?…rifling through the 6 million albums i bought today. (ok, not 6 million…it was 8) G: I only got two – I’m waiting for the super deluxe Nirvana set. I’ve never bought a super deluxe anything! B: Haha…I dont have super deluxe money! G: I’ve got a super deluxe…oh, never mind. B: So, I’ve been thinking about cover convo combos. G: Do tell! B: I decided I was gonna go with a new release theme, and […]
The Blerd & Gonzo Cover Convo: “Family Man”
Dr. Gonzo: BLERD, I’M A BUSY MAN Blerd: Ha! i didnt even see you there! My fault…i was deep into the book i was reading. So, I thought about five different songs we could use today…at least! Kept changing my mind. G: It’s good to have options. B: Oh man, you’d have had PLENTY of em. But in the end, I narrowed it down to one song. So, without further ado… G: bddddddddddddddddddddd (ed. note: I believe this is supposed […]
“Soul Punk” Alert: Patrick Stump’s Solo Debut Almost Ready for Lift-Off
Ask me why I like (or liked, since they don’t seem to exist anymore) Fall Out Boy, and I will answer with two simple words: Patrick Stump. Guy can sing his ass off, and that fact alone separated FOB from the lengthy pack of emo and emo-esque bands that ruled the airwaves a half decade or so ago. The fact that FOB was also co-signed at various points by arbiters of taste ranging from Jay-Z to ?uestlove probably helped a […]
The NBA and "American Idol": Is the Fix In?
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. I just call things as I see ’em. The way our society is today-with all the financial ties different companies have in big business, do you think those big businesses would leave the outcome of a contest up to the general public? Or let something like talent actually decide a winner? I don’t know. I think a lot of folks have too much to lose to not rig results in some cases. Back in high […]
I *Can* Go for That: The Bird & The Bee Sips on the H2O
Inevitably, what was once uncool becomes cool at some point in time, at least from a musical standpoint. I remember in the mid Nineties, all the alternative rock kids (who had come of age in the Seventies) began worshipping Karen Carpenter as some sort of goddess although she played the type of music that would have gotten her laughed off the stage at Lollapalooza. Not to say that Hall & Oates was the 80s equivalent of the Carpenters, but there […]