Archive for the ‘The Missing Person’ Category

The best songs take flight in the mind. I can remember when I first heard Jeff Buckley’s Grace, and how it seemed to perfectly soundtrack the druggy, snowy night I was experiencing. Even now, the first few songs feel ethereal, and the title of that album embodies the essence of all the songs contained therein. [...]

It’s been at least fifteen years, right? You know what I’m talking about? Fifteen years since Rage Against the Machine first became a household name. And in the time since, I haven’t really heard anyone who writes biting social commentary the way Zach de La Rocha did. Ok, so Rage (and Zach) kind of disappeared [...]

A bit heartsick, I must admit. A whirlwind three days and on the cusp of returning home, only one thing makes the heart light: the thought of more adventures. Three days soaked in the sun, merciless upon its arrival in the morning, baking us in our tents until roused and mobile. The words to ‘oh [...]

Recently someone mocked my musical sensibility when I mentioned that Prince was a great songwriter. Not exactly mocked, but scoffed at, with my manhood subliminally questioned. Ok, I get it, it’s generally uncool to admit being a fan of Prince when you’re talking metal / hardcore. So anyway, I decided to download 1999 and write [...]

…and other thoughts. There’s been some (not-widespread) speculation that Mr. H to the Izzo is a freemason, subliminally putting messages from the clandestine society in his songs. I call bullshit, especially on the further assessment that the 2009 VMAs was some public Freemason ceremony, primarily centered around Taylor Swift’s public humiliation and initiation into FM [...]

Like the way ODB and Luda phrase the first half of their verses and the chorus on this one.

Daddy-in-law’s got a new .45…. and a gig at KINK.