6.6: Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)

What grabs you as a kid listening to songs on the radio may still grab you as an adult… but the nuances often come out after you’ve had years to process them, all informed by life experience. This was true for Rob and Steely Dan’s 1972 debut record Can’t Buy a Thrill. It was an Read more about 6.6: Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972)[…]

6.5: Age of Mirrors – Screenplay (1987)

When you find out your friend is in a band and has made a record, it’s like finding out that they’re a practicing wizard, a superhero, or secret agent. It often turns music fans/friends into evangelists – “Everyone! Listen to what my friend made!” In the heady days when melancholic northern new wave roamed the Read more about 6.5: Age of Mirrors – Screenplay (1987)[…]

6.4: Sweet Honey in the Rock – Breaths (1988)

Music runs deep and has the power to enlighten, educate, and empower. This doesn’t have to be a didactic thing and the best of it isn’t. Great songs can do all of those things as one listens and enjoys them. It does all that at the soul level. Music is weird – and sometimes very, Read more about 6.4: Sweet Honey in the Rock – Breaths (1988)[…]