by Jason's Jukebox | Nov 21, 2015 | Attack of the Killer Track!
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. In late 2000 I...
by Jason's Jukebox | Nov 5, 2015 | Attack of the Killer Track!
Attack of the Killer Track! is a series that explores tracks from artists from a variety of genres. Some of the tracks were singles, some of them were obscure b-sides or long forgotten album tracks. One thing is certain – all of them are killer tracks. The mid...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 27, 2015 | Attack of the Killer Track!
Mainstream country music isn’t a genre that I know in-depth – the only exception being Johnny Cash. And I really didn’t come on board with The Man in Black until his Rick Rubin years, which appealed to geeky hipsters everywhere. Anyway, years ago I...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 12, 2015 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In the mid 90’s I’d often buy a CD based on a gut feeling or based on the cover art. It wasn’t an exact science, but in early 1995 I picked up the debut album by Jewel called Pieces Of You. Hipster alert – that was a full 18 months before the...
by Jason's Jukebox | Oct 5, 2015 | Adventures in Record Reviews
I recently finished Kim Gordon’s memoir detailing her time in Sonic Youth along with the intimate details of her breakup with husband (and fellow Sonic Youth member), Thurston Moore. I mostly enjoyed the book, but I had to laugh – she spent a few sentences...