Primus | A Thoroughly Creative Experience
When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. And Primus definitely has it. They’ve been around since the mid 1980s and remain consistently solid musically and as heavily experimental and progressive as ever. I typically enjoy three solid meals a day of all-things-music (with extra helpings of rock) and consider myself reasonably well-versed but I wasn’t [...]
Weezer’s Android
Introductions | Setting Course
We’re all familiar with our parent’s phrase “You Will…” Always said when they are trying to bestow a piece of wisdom on us that we are not yet old enough to understand. Yet, as good parents do, they persevere. Parent’s greatest gifts to their children are often passed down as introductions to these little nuggets- [...]
Pete Townshend | Birthday Boy
I know, the cliché’d line from My Generation is forever pointed out with Pete Townshend continuing to not die before he gets old. Well, happy birthday to Mr. Townshend, anyway- and we wish him many more years of escaping his wish that he made way back in 1965. A true post-war baby boomer, Pete was [...]
Duke of Uke | For the “Other” Guitarists
I wouldn’t have thought there was enough demand for ukuleles and banjos the world over to support a freestanding shop that specializes in such string instruments, but I stand corrected. East London’s Duke of Uke, Ukulele & Banjo Emporium is just such a place- and has been doing quite well for years.
Christmas in January | Live At Leeds
Back in November, I ordered myself a special Christmas present. I needed a little backup plan just in case I found a lump of coal in my stocking on Christmas morning. Well, I was lucky and unlucky- no coal in the stocking, but also no package in the mail before Christmas. But, lo and behold, [...]
One | A First Birthday
It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by already. A year ago today I posted my first article on The First Few. Not much of an article actually, but rather a test post dropped into WordPress to test the waters. Being new at the time to blog writing and the software that drove [...]
Wilco Concert Posters | For the Love of Art
I have to admit having very little knowledge of Wilco‘s music. Beyond knowing that they’re an alternative country band from Chicago, I’m pretty much on the outside of their orbit. Based on the small show I recently took in that highlighted their concert tour poster art, I’m quite willing to give their music a wholehearted [...]
Danelectro | Under The Radar
The Danelectro musical instrument company was established in 1947 in Redbank, New Jersey by Nathan Daniel and has been making unique sounding (and looking) guitars, bass guitars and amps ever since. Danelectro makes a unique well-priced product and purposely chosen not to go head-to-head with the big guns of the guitar world (Fender, Gibson, etc…). [...]
Timothy Leary
Had he not stopped aging in 1996, Timothy Leary would be 90 years old today. While Mr. Leary was not a direct influence on my generation, he did however strongly influence the preceding generation of the 1960′s, which in turn created an enduring cultural and musical wellspring from which we still draw today. Mr. Leary’s [...]
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