Today in History

With recent events in the US (and elsewhere), I think it wise to remember what today is.  The 19th of June was a day that slaves in Texas had heard that they’d been freed.  Since 1970, “Juneteenth” has been celebrated in America, by African Americans, as a day to rejoice in liberty, but to reflect…

Unfortunate News

Last night I read some news that was very disturbing to me.  Those of you who’ve followed me from the beginning know I have an affinity for the band Jethro Tull.  Well, it turns out the front man for the band, Ian Anderson, has been diagnosed with “an incurable lung disease.” As the interview proceeded,…

Continued Lighter Fare

Ok so yesterday I posted a listing of ten bands/acts I’d seen with one of them being a lie.  Today, I thought I’d reveal which is the lie and some minor details about the true concerts. In listing order: I saw Uriah Heep in November, ’78.  They were actually the very first band I ever…

Lighter Fare on a Sunday

So, with all this staying indoors and not going anywhere, I, like many others, am spending inordinate amounts of time on social media.  Yesterday was kind of fun, though.  We were to list ten bands we’d seen in concert, but one of them had to be a lie.  I figured some of my close friends…

Deadline Met

Hello all, Below is the review I wrote for my friend Mark, in Chicago.  The album is due out February 15.  This review should be published on his website some time before that.  The review is rather lengthy, so feel free to skim, but I think it was pretty well written.  Thanks for taking the…

why not? continued

So, over the last ten days or so I’ve posted album covers without explanations.  That was the rule as set forth by someone who started the whole thing in facebook.  However, this isn’t facebook and I haven’t been blogging much so i figured why not? The ten covers posted were not necessarily my ten most…

Day ten of ten

My significant other  nominated me to do this on facebook.  I saw my friend Steph (scrichmondblog.wordpress.com) doing the same here, so I’m posting my ten album covers from facebook here as well.  No explanation—just the covers.  Enjoy.  Here’s day ten.

Day eight of ten

My significant other  nominated me to do this on facebook.  I saw my friend Steph (scrichmondblog.wordpress.com) doing the same here, so I’m posting my ten album covers from facebook here as well.  No explanation—just the covers.  Enjoy.  Here’s day eight.

Day seven of ten

My significant other  nominated me to do this on facebook.  I saw my friend Steph (scrichmondblog.wordpress.com) doing the same here, so I’m posting my ten album covers from facebook here as well.  No explanation—just the covers.  Enjoy.  Here’s day seven.

JT Rankings #1

#1 Warchild   Undoubtedly, this will be an unpopular choice for number one.  Granted, this is certainly one person’s sentimental pick as it was the album that turned him on to the group, as a whole.  The critics from “Rolling Stone” panned it immediately, but the record still jumped to a number one rating in…