Shawn C. Baker

In a Smiths mood this morning. Sometimes Morrissey's biting observations and poetic turns of phrase just hit the spot intellectually, to...

It's been a minute since I last broke out the House of Pain. Not sure what inspired it, exactly, but damn! I miss 90s Hip Hop. ** ...

Full article on  Bloody Disgusting , Legion looks like it will be one hell of a ride. I love the visual allusions to Evil Dead, I love the...

There is a slew of things I could talk about that have come out since I posted last, but I'll save those for a later date. Instead, I ...

Last night Joe Bob Briggs finally got me to watch One Cut of the Dead . Despite near universal acclaim from all my gatekeepers and curator...

One of the things I really dig about Apple Music is the fact that I can see what my friends who have it are listening to (as long as their...

Bill Withers passed away a few days ago. I love this man's music; it echoes up from my childhood, one of my earliest exposures to Soul...

Man, this could not come at a better time! I cannot wait for weekly event viewing with Mr. Briggs. ** I've been on a reading tear....

When I was a Freshmen in High School in 1990, I fell really heavy into Anthrax. I loved all the Titans of Thrash, but Anthrax was the one ...

At this point, I'm not listening to any more of Me and That Man's new record until I have the full album in my hands (pre-order HE...

As usual, Brooklyn Vegan has been killing it on curation and content during these trying times. THIS article, posted Wednesday, 3/18, run...

Holy cow am I in love with this song. From Beach Slang's 2020 record The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City, released this past January ...

Caught this on Michael Stock's Part Time Punks on KXLU this past Thursday (there's a link via KXLU that archives the playlist for ...

The debut album by Human Impact dropped on Ipecac Records today. This one brings me back - there's a little Helmet, a little Quicksan...