Fleetwood Mac — Tusk
Back in 2003, I wrote on my blog: “Mr. Johnson has never actually listened to all of ‘Tusk,’ but he is thinking of doing so.” It took me another five years before I did,...
Category: ’70s
Fleetwood Mac — Rumours
What can I possibly say about one of the best, and best-selling, albums of all time? It was remarkable then, it’s remarkable now. Released in February, 1977, the winter of my junior year in...
Fleetwood Mac — Fleetwood Mac
This self-titled release from 1975 wasn’t their only self-titled release: their first album, from 1968, also carried only the band’s name. It’s a bit of a surprising decision — while they had been plodding...
Fleetwood Mac — Kiln House
I don’t know how it is that we have to keep reminding people that there was a Fleetwood Mac before Steve Nicks, before Lindsey Buckingham, even before Christine McVie. But apparently we do. So,...
Firesign Theatre – Nick Danger: The Case of the Missing Shoe
I think anyone who thought about how to expand any of the Firesign Theatre’s classic bits into something repeatable would pretty quickly settle on Nick Danger, their hardboiled detective, and the cast of characters...
Proctor & Bergman — Give Us a Break
So, everything I said about Proctor & Bergman’s “What This Country Needs” a couple of days back applies to “Give Us A Break” as well. If I ever saw it before (it came out...
Firesign Theatre — Just Folks, A Firesign Chat
This is a nice, laidback piece with a simple concept: an introduction to the denizens of Ducktown for the incoming president, whose name is Jimmy, which gives you some idea how old this is....
Proctor & Bergman — What This Country Needs
Sometimes I can be an idiot. Other times, even when I wasn’t an idiot, I remember how close I came to being an idiot. And this record is an example of that. Honestly, I...
Firesign Theatre — In the Next World, You’re On Your Own
This one’s an interesting attempt at hardboiled police drama with elements of soap opera and game shows — full-on surrealist media satire with a healthy dose of progressive politics. It is, I must say,...
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