by Jason's Jukebox | Apr 27, 2012 | Flashback Fridays
Part 7 of a series that will run every Friday throughout 2012 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays 1991 for me represented a musical awakening – although I vacillated between hair metal and hip hop, I seemed to...
by Jason's Jukebox | Apr 25, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
I had the privilege of attending high school during the years 1991 to 1995 – what could be viewed as the peak era of commercialization of the Seattle grunge sound (though as I will endlessly preach, the roots of grunge in my opinion originated with the...
by Jason's Jukebox | Apr 22, 2012 | Flashback Fridays
Part 6 of a series that will run every Friday throughout 2012 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays As a young kid the music played on the radio was a strange mix of hair metal and hip hop. I took it all in, absorbing...
by Jason's Jukebox | Apr 13, 2012 | Flashback Fridays
Part 5 of a series that will run every Friday throughout 2012 as I discuss records that have affected me throughout the years – Flashback Fridays In the late 90’s the music scene was shifting quickly, and as a wannabe hipster, I made sure to keep up with what...
by Jason's Jukebox | Apr 11, 2012 | Adventures in Record Reviews
In the summer of 2005 I had the opportunity to visit Chicago, IL. I was very happy, because it gave me an opportunity to play Sufjan Stevens’ Here Come the Illinois in the actual state of Illinois. I told you in my bio – I’m really not that cool. It...