Monthly Archives: July 2012

Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Band: Lovage Album: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Best song: “Stroker Ace” is a classic. Worst song: Damon Albarn ruins “Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby).” Whatever happened to Dan the Automator? I realize this is kind of a rhetorical question. After doing a quick Google search, it appears he still tours, […]

Posted in Lovage | 1 Response

The Grime and the Glow

Band: Chelsea Wolfe Album: The Grime and the Glow Best song: “Halfsleeper” Worst song: “Bounce House Demons” is not as good as the version on Ἀποκάλυψις. I made a very dopey pledge a while ago to never write about any album twice. This, of course, is a ludicrous notion, though it’s one I’ve kept. In […]

Posted in Chelsea Wolfe | 3 Responses

The Kink Kontroversy

Band: The Kinks Album: The Kink Kontroversy Best song: “Where Have All The Good Times Gone?” Worst song: The opening track is blues rock. Not the Kinks’ best work. English is an amazing language. From what I understand, it’s really difficult to learn when not your first language. It’s the language of Shakespeare and the Beatles […]

Posted in The Kinks | Leave a comment

Divorce Your Legs

Band: Worker Bee Album: Divorce Your Legs Best song: “Recital” is the album’s gem. Worst song: “Imploder” is the least strong track on a very strong album. I’m not as up on philosophy as I should be — a quick reminder to those who don’t know: I have undergrad and graduate degrees in journalism. Not […]

Posted in Worker Bee | Leave a comment
  • About Me

    I'm Ross Jordan Gianfortune. I am not a writer, but I sometimes write here about music and my life. I live in Washington, DC.

    I used to review each of Rolling Stone Magazine's top 500 albums of all time. Now I'm writing about albums I own.

    My work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Gazette, The Atlantic, Sno-Cone and a bunch of defunct zines.

    You can contact me at rjgianfortune at gmail dot com.

  • Recent Posts

  • The Bands

  • Shameless!

  • Last.Fm