Morrissey – Low in High School
Names such as the Smiths and Morrissey, may say little or nothing to today's listeners, but they are very meaningful to the 80s’ rock...
The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me was released in may 1987: Robert Smith’s lips, portrayed on the cover, are the symbol of a record...
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
Listening to Back to black makes me enthusiastic. It is like an album by the Beatles. Each track becomes a massive hit, despite being...
Pino Daniele – Terra mia
We miss Pino Daniele’s music. Terra mia (My homeland) is a collage of old memories, some of them happy, some bitter, but nevertheless fascinating...
Miles Davis – Seven Steps to Heaven
New York. Someone is playing jazz standards in a club. Two lovers are having a sweet slow dance immersed in a timeless cloud of...
The Who – Tommy
Tommy? Yes, indeed. If not the first, then certainly one of the first rock operas, and surely the greatest of them all, whose fame...
Phish – Billy Breathes
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture
(Martin Mull)
If we give credit to the aphorism of Martin Mull (for years erroneously attributed to Frank...
Iron Maiden – Killers
Iron Maiden are like a rite of passage, like the souped up exhaust of a motorcycle, like a cigarette smoked in the school toilets...
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses kicked the door open for guitar music in the late '80s They opened the door for us.
There is a generation...
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
For ten years, I’ve never been able to make up my mind if I’m a punk rocker
or a soul boy, so why not...
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Barbara Ungar – Your Mother Serves Tongue
How could you
put another creature’s tongue
into your mouth? How could you
bite, chew, swallow?
Cannibal. Obscene.
How could you
tell the difference
between a cow’s tongue and its delicious
rump?...
