Music

Whatever happened to Gerald Bostock?

6 March 2012

In April, Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull will be releasing a sequel to their classic prog-rock album, Thick as a Brick, called somewhat less imaginatively, Thick as a Brick 2. Based on this preview trailer, it may be very good, even if almost by definition, it cannot possible match the impact of the original. Thick [...]

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Musical Evolution: 3 (of 2)

30 September 2010

Bringing a bit of closure to a series that probably didn’t need it, and making a fool of someone who probably does (me).

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“One Ring” rules them all

20 July 2004

“As Smart As We Are is the latest album from New York-based “acid klezmer” group One Ring Zero. I confess, I am pretty far out of the loop as far as anything NYC goes, and that includes both hip (and very cool) musicians, and hip (and very cool) authors. As a result, I wouldn’t have known anything about this CD if not for the likes of Maud Newton and Neil Gaiman, both of whom plugged it on their sites.”

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