Raised Eyebrows: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Randy)
I love Christmas music. It something of a weak spot for me. The genre has long been a cash-in for artists looking to capitalize on their fame or for those past their prime. Despite this...
Author: Randy Reynolds
Raised Eyebrows: Thanks A Lot (Randy)
Thanksgiving is a brutal, yet rewarding endeavor. You cram a bunch of people together who share some of the same blood or have the same last name or some sort of wandering connection and they...
Raised Eyebrows: Halloween Blues (Randy)
In lieu of Halloween, I thought I’d put something together to jam for your Halloween festivities. I’m not a big Halloween fan, but I do really enjoy the idea of human beings entertaining the idea...
Raised Eyebrows: Sonic Youth’s A Thousand Leaves (Randy)
Reminiscing about Sonic Youth’s A Thousand Leaves finds me recalling a short-lived friendship. Like many, I had a friend who I spent a lot of time with for a short while. Hanging out with her...
Raised Eyebrows: Steely Dan’s Countdown To Ecstasy (Randy)
On considering Steely Dan’s 1973 smooth epic Countdown to Ecstasy, I’m reminded of my first steps into music geekdom. My first run in with a real deal music nerd happened late in college. I worked...
Raised Eyebrows: Bob Dylan’s Hard Rain (Randy)
Meditating on Dylan’s 1976 live album Hard Rain, I get both inspired and embarrassed. I had made a friend my first year in college who was a hippie kind of fella that I ended up...
Raised Eyebrows: Skip Spence’s Oar (Randy)
My monthly nostalgia trip continues on. Last month I reflected on Sonny Sharrock’s Ask The Ages, and now it’s Skip Spence’s magnetic 1969 album Oar. It was my first tour ever as a “real” musician....
Raised Eyebrows: Sonny Sharrock’s Ask The Ages (Randy)
This year I’ve decided to take the route of nostalgia here at SOTO. Though the term was recently discussed by Jandek on his Hardly Sound episode (watch the whole shabang here) as some kind of...
Raised Eyebrows: Rockpile (Randy)
Ju Ju Men: The Story Of Rockpile Rockpile were not just an extension of the pub rock established by Brinsley Schwarz (see my column on them here) in the early 70’s. The group would undoubtedly...
Raised Eyebrows: Brinsley Schwarz (Randy)
It Ain’t Easy Being Brinsley: A Short History Of Brinsley Schwarz Brinsley Schwarz’s history is an important one to the genre of Pub Rock and beyond. Though they may seem rather unassuming as far as...
