There are days when I need to listen to pop punk. It can serve as a constant reminder of my roots as an overly serious teenager. Ironic, considering most pop punk is about being immature, stupid, and doing things I never did. There are gems. Songs with enough emotional weight they crawl inside my soul […]
Why is Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit considered the quintessential song of the 90s? It’s not even Nirvana’s best song. And, yet, there it sits at the top of every 90s music list like some sort of shining beacon of awesome. Don’t get me wrong. I’d put it on my list of top 100 90s […]
I’ve gone through many phases of musical taste in my life. I’ve enjoyed hair metal. I’ve danced to bubblegum pop. I’ve laid in the dark and moped to obscure blues albums from fifty years before I was born. My tastes range far and wide. But, there is one broad genre that always seems to pull […]
