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Week 33: DAVID BOWIE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

27 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

An exceptional musician, performer, and artist, David Bowie wasn't just one-of-a-kind, he was 10-or-20-of-a-kind-in-one. Ziggy Stardust, The Thin White Duke, Aladdin Sane... David Bowie was always turning a corner, reinventing himself, and experiment...

Week 32: FRANK SINATRA (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

26 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

His songs came to be known as the "standards" because they were so popular, and permeated culture to such a degree, for so long, that his music came to be the default thing people thought of when they thought of music. I don't believe there's another...

Week 31: BARRY WHITE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

25 Jul 2021 3 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

The deep, gravelly voice of Barry White is unmistakable and "soul" is a more than appropriate genre label for what he could do behind the microphone. He was a force, of an intimidating size, but a gentle giant and a crooner when it came to his music,...

[UPDATE] 9.5 Months of playing Upland REVIEW

24 Jul 2021 2 minute read 2 comments DiamondRuby

Back in March 2021 I started writing this post: "update on 9.5 months of playing Upland". For some reason I forgot about it completely and didn't post it. Seeing as I will be posting my 1 year of playing Upland review soon, I am just going to post th...

[Comic Book Review] Emilia Clarke's - M.O.M. Mother of Madness #1

23 Jul 2021 3 minute read 1 comment DiamondRuby

[INTRO] So I was at my local comic book store today and I saw they had M.O.M. Mother Of Madness #1.  It came out on the 21st of July and if you haven't heard about it well here's the what the hype is about: It's a comic book written by Emilia Clarke....

Week 30: THE LOVE LANGUAGE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

23 Jul 2021 5 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards

In 2009, North Carolina native Stuart McLamb took the novel approach of releasing an album first and forming a band second and the result has been a decade-and-counting of top tier indie rock. The Love Language is my favorite band from what I conside...

Week 29: PUBLIC ENEMY (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

21 Jul 2021 5 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

Public Enemy is an enemy only to ignorance. Their music is more than something enjoyable to listen to, it's an education, and the themes and ideas presented on their albums take excellent mixes and killer deliveries and elevate them to legendary stat...

Week 28: JOHN LENNON (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

19 Jul 2021 7 minute read 4 comments jozefkrichards

John Lennon is my favorite singer. He belted some of rock and roll's best vocals ever put to record, while simultaneously delivering some of the most touching, powerful, thought-provoking ballads ever written as well. His music influenced and inspire...

Hexyl’s outspokenness leaves nothing unsaid (Article written about my music)

18 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments HexylManray

The definition of Hexyl is: “any of various isomeric alkyl radicals C6H13− derived from hexane”. What is Hexane? Hexane is a chemical commonly extracted from petroleum and crude oil. It is a colorless liquid that gives off a subtle, gasoline-like odo...

Week 27: PHIL SPECTOR (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

18 Jul 2021 7 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

A great innovator and distinctly talented producer of early rock and roll, it is a disappointing fact that Phil Spector became something of a monster in his personal relationships over the years. In spite of that reality, some of the finest musicians...