(New to the countdown? Catch up here.) Without any explanation, Kevin Seal returns, to explain that they have room to squeeze in another bonus video from late 1988. (We haven’t had one of these in four hours, but previously “Armageddon It” and “Angel of Harlem” were added to the mix.) As Seal puts it (in […]
posted 3 February 2011 in 1988. 6 comments
1. Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A. (“Dancing in the Dark”) 2. M.I.A., Kala (“Paper Planes”) 3. Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food (“Take Me to the River”) 4. Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (“Layla”) 5. Green Day, Nimrod (“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”)
posted 1 February 2011 in Tasty Bits. 6 comments
Monday morning seems like a good time for Zeppelin appreciation. Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (1973) When George Harrison met John Bonham, the Beatle told Led Zeppelin’s drummer, “The problem with your band is you don’t do any ballads.” Singer Robert Plant and guitarist Jimmy Page could have taken umbrage–they had written the gorgeous […]
posted 31 January 2011 in Reviews. 7 comments
1. The Kinks, Something Else (“Waterloo Sunset”) 2. Madonna, I’m Breathless (“Vogue”) 3. The Clash, London Calling (“Train in Vain”) 4. The Who, Who’s Next (“Won’t Get Fooled Again”) 5. The Eagles, On the Border (“Best of My Love”) For obvious reasons, I avoided compilations and discs that got reissued with a bonus track. What […]
posted 25 January 2011 in Tasty Bits. 4 comments
(New to the countdown? Catch up here.) A door opens at the back of a large room. We see a man in silhouette, and a shaft of light illuminating a chair. In silence, the man walks down a staircase into what appears to be a disused warehouse. He gets closer and we see that it’s […]
posted 20 January 2011 in 1988. 4 comments
Consider the final verse of Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush,” in which mankind trundles onto “silver spaceships” and disembarks for a location more hospitable to human life than planet Earth: Flying Mother Nature’s silver seed to a new home in the Sun The Sun? Really? Not the Moon, or Mars, or even another galaxy? […]
posted 18 January 2011 in Tasty Bits. 3 comments
The mighty Parks and Recreation returns to the NBC schedule next week (on January 20). During its long hiatus, Community has stolen a bit of its upstart Thursday-night thunder, but I’m very glad we live in a world with both. Why not warm up with the “Jabba the Hutt” version of the opening credits? It […]
I’ve started posting on Twitter as @mrgavinedwards–tweet tweet tweet.
posted 5 January 2011 in Outside. no comments yet
My neighbor’s upgraded his holiday lawn display since the last time I posted photos, two years ago. I hope you all have a wonderful year, full of joy and sunshine and dreams fulfilled.
posted 31 December 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
My best wishes to you and yours for a happy 2011, no matter what holiday you celebrate. This photo was taken in New York City a few years back–it’s an alternate shot from flipwalk #19. Posting on Rule Forty-Two will be irregular until early 2011. It’s left as an exercise for the reader to distinguish […]
posted 24 December 2010 in Photos. no comments yet
