Last week, I mentioned that I didn’t like white-boy reggae because I view it as cultural theft. I made a few exceptions and Ballyhoo! was one of them. The reason they get special dispensation is obvious if you listen to this album Pineapple Grenade. These guys know how to let their influences come through without […]
Hip-hop fan’s have been waiting with clenched fists for the arrival of Kanye West’s 6th album “Yeezus”, a title derived from Kanye’s assertion that Yeezus is his God name and West is his slave name. Ooookay…. I won’t be reviewing or even really listening to the new Kanye album. Why would I? This music isn’t […]
Ozzy Osbourne has done every drug known to man. Tony Iommi has cancer AND doesn’t even have a whole hand. Geezer Butler’s liver may be in worse shape than Keith Richard’s. By all rights, these guys should all be dead. And yet “13″ (The first studio album with Ozzy on lead vocals since 1978) is […]
Alice in Chains 5th Album “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” If I had gone into a coma in 1995 and woken up today and some one handed me this CD, I would assume it was still 1995 based solely on this album. That may sound like I am being harsh but the latest from AIC […]
Daft Punk’s 4th studio Album “Random Access Memories” Dear God I hope no one saw me enjoying this album. Because I did. And from jumpstreet I admit I am not a fan of electronic music. But this record is undeniably good. You know what would have made this go from good to great? If some […]
If someone purports themselves to be a “reviewer” or “critic“ on a particular topic, from film to furniture, I think that you the consumer have a right to know at least a little bit about them. So here goes… My name is Maynard Edwards and I review music, mainly because I think I know what […]
Do you wonder what happens inside a Lodge of Freemasons? Do you have questions about all of the mysterious symbols Masons use – on everything from car bumpers to U.S. Currency? Was you grandfather or Uncle a Freemason and you’ve got questions about what the fraternity is all about? Can Freemasonry really make GOOD men […]
