Tag: Jason Gottfried
Will Pam Graf sponsor a cigarette-smoking contest at Spooky Town Fair...
We recently enjoyed a festival in St. George celebrating Halloween: the Spooky Town Fair (I almost pity it at this point). I’ve mentioned that...
Interview: Teren Christensen (Mosstone) discusses new album, ‘Stutter’
“Mosstone” is the artist name for Teren Christensen, a local multi-instrumentalist, composer, and Dixie State University alumnus. After meeting Teren in a rehearsal, he...
Halloween is pointless; we’re just going through the motions anymore
What if I forced you to listen to ten songs several times a day for three months out of every year? A few things...
Unions can’t save the southern Utah music scene
The Independent's Bob Kulon recently had several good points about musicians’ unions. Generally, if one is primarily an orchestral musician, it’s beneficial to be...
Album Review: Sufjan Stevens’s ‘Carrie & Lowell’ a powerful poetic eulogy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJJT00wqlOo
Album Review: Sufjan Stevens's 'Carrie & Lowell'
No one has really had the balls to so boldly straddle both the contemporary Christian and secular pop-rock...
Album Review: Aphex Twin’s ‘Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2’
Album Review: Aphex Twin's "Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2"
British musician, composer, and DJ Richard David James is Aphex Twin, one of the dark overlords...
Album Review: Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts’ ‘Blaster’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCwjfvml0o
Album Review: Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts' "Blaster"
Here is an actual excerpt from Scott Weiland's actual diary (which I may or may not be...
Album Review: Blues Traveler’s ‘Blow Up the Moon’ is hilariously bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxvUSosP8dA
Album Review: Blues Traveler's "Blow Up the Moon"
(as a consolation prize)
Remember how awesome Blues Traveler used to be their heyday? John Popper burst into...
Album review: With ‘Better Nature,’ Silversun Pickups still aren’t Smashing Pumpkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4IDM3ltTYo
Album review: With "Better Nature," Silversun Pickups still aren't Smashing Pumpkins
It’s difficult to find a Silversun Pickups review that doesn’t mention Billy Corgan. You...
Book Review: ‘Ape and Essence’ by Aldous Huxley
"Ape and Essence" by Aldous Huxley
Harper and Brothers, 1948, 152 pages.
Like much of Aldous Huxley’s writing, “Ape and Essence” blends satire and social criticism...