Haiku Reviews
Here’s a brief summation of recent reviews on this review blog, in haiku form. As my wife pointed out, you can’t get much more aphoristic than a haiku. I’ve haiku’d nine records below, an assortment of more obscure efforts by…
Aphoristical
Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.
Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam: Great B-Sides
During sessions for their debut album Ten, bassist Jeff Ament, guitarist Mike McCready, and vocalist Eddie Vedder improvised a song in the studio. McCready’s opening guitar licks are inspired by Jimi Hendrix, while Vedder made up lyrics on the spot…
Music Quiz: Musical Groups Named For Members?
Congratulations to “guest” who scored 40/40 in a late entry, and Murphy’s Law, who scored 39/40, in last week’s tough three word song quiz. This week’s requires you to identify which groups are named after members of the band, and…
The Butterfly Collector by The Jam: Great B-Sides
The Jam are arguably the most British band ever, with all the telltale traits. They: Although they were from the class of 1977, The Jam were never punk. They were often fast and frenetic, but they were 1960s revivalists, taking…
Music Quiz: Three Word Songs
We had three sets of full marks in last week’s quiz – Murphy’s Law, Rich, and Aaron. If I’m interpreting his comment correctly, Murphy’s Law was the fastest, answering 24 questions in less than 2 minutes. This week’s quiz requires…
Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews Reviewed
When I first gained access to the internet, the first information I sought out was record reviews. Before that, I’d been working blind, buying albums based on radio hits. While I rarely look at it now, the All Music Guide was…
Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac: Great B-Sides
Fleetwood Mac‘s 1977 album Rumours was a sales behemoth, jam packed with hits written by the group’s three songwriters, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham. But there was at least one great song that didn’t make the cut –…
Music Quiz: Who Am I?
Congratulations to Jim and Tony who both scored 20/20 in last week’s guess the band member quiz. This week’s challenge requires you to name the musicians, singers, and composers. It’s a little more wide reaching than some, covering classical and…
Shark Attack by Split Enz
I think that, regardless of our musical differences, we can all agree that the current decade has been tough for sharks in popular music. We all ironically enjoyed the performance of the “Left Shark” in Katy Perry’s 2015 Superbowl show,…
Music Quiz: Which Band Member?
Congratulations to Tony and Murphy’s Law, who both scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz – I think everyone missed the 50/50 shot on the Brooks and Dunn question? This week’s quiz is the prequel to last week’s and you can…
