My wife thought my home office could use a new picture. I love it. It is a picture of a cassette with a bunch of cassettes from the 80’s such as Poison, Motley Crue, Whitesnake, Michael Jackson and many, many more.
Friday New Releases – June 17th
It is Friday yet again. It is funny how this day shows up the same time every week. It is amazing. Not as many releases this week as the past two, but still some interesting choices. The ones in blue are the ones I will be listening to over the next couple of days.
Thousand Foot Krutch – Exhale – (Tfk Music) – I have been a fan of theirs for awhile and pick up anything they put out. I haven’t been overly impressed with what I have heard so far, I hope listening to the album in full will be better.
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#TBT – Favorite Albums from 2012
We are up to 2012 for my Throwback Thursday list. I feel 2012 was a relatively weak year for new music. This year, it was mostly rock that got me going. Only one country artist made the list (sort of country and she made the honorable mention at that). Not much else excited me, but the ones that did I really enjoyed. Here are my Top albums for 2012 (in no particular order).
Lit – The View From The Bottom: So glad these guys came back and did another album. It had been way too long since their last album. Their return was well worth the wait. A great collection of songs and was probably my 2nd favorite album of the year. I loved “Miss You Gone”, “The Wall” and “Same Shit, Different Drink” just to name a few. Just good, fun, rock & roll.
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“What Would Love Do” by Scott Stapp
I have to admit that the events of this past weekend have bothered me more than I wanted to admit. I can’t stop thinking about how bad things really are in this world. The madness seems to be everywhere. The senseless death of so many innocent people just going about their life has made me pause to wonder why.
The why of it all I feel we were never meant to understand. I know everything happens for a reason, although we might not see that reason for some time. I am not an overly religious person, but I am a Christian and I know there is an ultimate plan for me and for everyone. Death is out of our control and when our time is up, our time is up.
For that reason, we have to go on living life and not cower to the craziness that is consuming our world. If we stop living, “they win”. The only thing that needs to change is that we need to make sure we live our life to the best of our ability. Showing love and kindness to everyone. Stop the rudeness! Say hello when you pass people on the streets! Help someone when they are down. Whatever it is, show love and respect to everyone.
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Turntables & Vinyl – Part 2
I thought I would do a follow-up to the Turntables & Vinyl post from a couple weeks ago since the turntable we bought was crap. We returned the first turntable we bought since it could not maintain the appropriate speed. I did some research and found that the audio-technica AT-LP60 was getting really good reviews for a reasonably priced turntable (only $99). I still didn’t want to spend too much as I still wasn’t sure how much I would listen to it.
I have to say it plays so much better than the original one we bought on a whim at the trendy clothes store that sales vinyl (I don’t want to advertise for them since their clothes are so overpriced). This turntable will automatically place the needle on the album for you which is good as my daughter was really nervous about doing it on the other turntable. I don’t think she wanted to scratch her new James Bay album (a picture disc at that).
Now that the we have a very good working turntable, we had to find some local record stores that sell vinyl. We have found 4 places so far in Charlotte and I am proud to say, we have been to all 4. We actually visited 3 of them on Saturday since they were all in close proximity to each other. The other one we went to last weekend.
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Christina Grimmie – Voice Alum – Dies
Tragic news to wake up to again this morning. Christina Grimmie was shot and killed by a crazed fan, it sounds like, last night after her concert. My daughters were fans of hers before she was on the Voice and even after. I hate to have to tell them this news when they get up. Here is a video in her honor. I picked the song that had the most listens from them when I looked in my iTunes library.
The picture is by Justin Higuchi (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jus10h/15728670906/) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons
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Friday New Releases – June 10th
Another great Friday of releases. The one I am most excited about is Scorpion Child. I hope there is something that gets your blood pumping. The ones in blue are the ones I will be listening to over the next couple of days.
Scorpion Child – Acid Roulette – (Nuclear Blast America) – They are back and I couldn’t be happier. Their self-titled first album was a masterpiece. They have a classic rock sound with a modern edge. I can’t get enough of new bands that have that retro sound. This will be the first album I listen to in the car on the way to work.
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#TBT – Favorite Albums from 2011
To continue my Throwback Thursday of the last two weeks, here are my Favorite albums of 2011 (in no particular order):
Soren Andersen – Constant Replay: This is an incredible debut album. The album name is accurate as it was on constant replay back when I got it. There are so many great songs and no fillers. I just love “Song About You”, “Black Lady”, “Lavender in My Calendar” and “Cold Shock”. Soren has toured as the lead guitarist in the Glenn Hughes Band and played on numerous albums including Mike Tramp. Put it on and enjoy the ride.
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Royal Bliss – The Truth EP – Album Review
On Friday, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Royal Bliss released an E.P. I was completely unaware and did not have it listed in my new releases. I couldn’t wait to play it and listen to some great rock music.
If you are familiar with Royal Bliss, you know they are a hard rock band. Not too hard, but hard enough. They have had some great songs such as “Save Me”, “Crazy”, “I Love You”, “Welcome” and “Drink My Stupid Away” among others.
When I clicked on the album in Apple Music, I noticed something strange. It said that Royal Bliss was categorized as “Country”. WTF??? I don’t remember them being country. I looked at the album cover and thought, they look a little country in the picture. Maybe someone was lazy at Apple and just classified them as country based on the picture.
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“Bring It On Home” – Ace Frehley Vs. Train
There have been a lot of cover albums this year and two of those that I have listened to recently have covered the same song, “Bring It On Home” by Led Zeppelin. I know that Led Zeppelin was not the original version of this song either as it was written by Willie Dixon. The first version was released in 1966 and recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson.
I guess then I am trying to compare two cover versions of a song that was a cover song for the band that both covers are covering. I think I just confused myself. Anyway, my quest here is to determine who gave us the best version of the song based on Led Zeppelin’s version. Before we can do that, we must listen to Zeppelin’s version. Take a listen and then we will continue.
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2 Loud 2 Old Music 