"Watching Prince was like watching God's love. It was superhuman." (Spoon's Britt Daniel)
Motown Monday: Motown Gold?
Motown Mondays is a regular feature of this blog. By "regular" I mean whenever I feel like it but at least always on a Monday; and always about Motown, duh. August 22, 1978 was an important date in the history of Motown. On that day, the iconic music company was awarded its first Gold album... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the New Blog!
Once upon a time, there was Idol Musings. Since February 2008, I have written faithfully on American Idol (and occasionally the other reality singing shows) with insight, snark humor and self-righteous candor. And Adam Lambert. I’ve written a lot about Adam Lambert. And within the blog’s 618 posts, I also wrote occasionally about music in... Continue Reading →
"One good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain. So hit me with music, brutalize me with music." (Bob Marley)
Ode to Chuck Berry
I didn’t grow up knowing who Chuck Berry was. I grew up on The Beatles. One Christmas I got The Beatles Second Album - the first of many, many albums I would wear out - and Beatles ’65. Two songs from those albums always stuck out: Roll Over Beethoven and Rock and Roll Music. The... Continue Reading →
Jax Funny EP – My Musings
Two years ago, 18 year-old Jax was the most charismatic, captivating and capable Idolist in Idol’s penultimate season, and on her way to a third place finish – a result two places lower than it should have been. And not long after that, she was an 19 year-old with 12 cancerous tumors on her thyroid. Now, Jax... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Music of 2016
One of the best things ever written about lists was by the legendary New Yorker music critic Ellen Willis. It captures my feeling exactly if not way more eloquently than I ever could: "The list game is as integral to rock as statistics are to baseball. In fact, it’s not criticism I’ve been taking too... Continue Reading →
Ray's Musings 