Music Flashback: Rush, Caress of Steel

Author Alexander Hellene has started posting nifty, in-depth reviews of Rush albums, with the ambitious goal of reviewing and rating every one of the band's 19 studio albums. So far, he's only three albums in -- which means Caress of Steel. This album, released in 1975, tanked so hard that it threatened to end the...

Ghost Rider passes on

I always thought it was weird when people got all emotional about some celebrity's death, as if it had anything to do with anything at all. Knowing something about them doesn't mean you knew them; just move the fuck on and don't be an idiot about it. But here I am. Crying my stupid fucking...

The most powerful bass lines in the world

The bass guitar is at its best when it's played like a weapon. Don't agree? Well, listen to these songs and you'll see what I mean. If you don't agree after that...well, fight me. We'll start with one of my all-time favorites. A song that always makes me want to whip out the ol' bass,...

The best guitar solos ever

After seeing the post on awesome guitar solos at Amatopia, I started writing a comment, but quickly ran into a big problem: too many great solos. So I left a link to a single Rush song (because Rush) and collected the others for a post of my own. So here goes. Similar rules for the...

National Nothing Day (belated)

So it turns out that yesterday was National Nothing Day. I would have posted about it yesterday, but you know... National Nothing Day. The only thing better than this would be if National Donut Day happened to be on the same date. Doing nothing and eating donuts? Now that's something -- I mean nothing? --...