Monthly Archives: September 2012

Somethin ‘Bout Kreay

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Band: Kreayshawn
Album: Somethin ‘Bout Kreay
Best song: “Gucci Gucci” is still good, even after all the plays.
Worst song: “Summertime” is an insult to ears.

I’ll admit that I found the charm in “Gucci Gucci” when it was released last year. The video’s pretty entertaining, the beat’s pretty good, Kreayshawn’s lyrics are simple yet interesting and she wears a Blackhawks logo on a necklace in the video (this is how I came to the song. Someone sent it to me with that hook). Ultimately, there was a huge backlash against “Gucci Gucci,” but I still pop it on and enjoy it. Continue reading →

In Through the Out Door

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Band: Led Zeppelin
Album: In Through the Out Door
Best song: “Fool in the Rain” and “All of My Love” are great.
Worst song: “Carouselambra” is way long.

While I look at myself in the mirror every morning — file that one under “things that sounds vain, but really aren’t” — I don’t notice my aging until I see myself in a different context. Sometimes it’s a photograph on Facebook, sometimes it’s the reflection in a storefront window. Continue reading →

WhatFunLifeWas

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Band: Bedhead
Album: WhatFunLifeWas
Best song: “Liferaft” is amazing and among the band’s best work.
Worst song: “Foaming Love” is not great.

Why do we need personal memorials?

I get why we need big, fancy ones. I don’t have a problem with the notion that Americans should know who Martin Luther King Jr. is, so we put statues of him up and we put him on stamps and we make movies about him and such. The Chicago Bears have a patch on their uniforms honoring the first owner of the team. Young people ask older people what GSH means and they get to learn about George Halas. I get it. That makes sense. It’s history in a regular world sense. Tales passed down. Important people remembered. Continue reading →