Album Review: “Love Gun” — Kiss (1977)

Pound for pound, I’d say Love Gun is probably my favorite Kiss album, or at the very least in my Top 3. Everything about it screams quintessential Kiss. First there’s that cover. Look at that thing. Beautiful. Artist Ken Kelly painted it (he had done the Destroyer cover as well) and that is some buttkickin’…

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Race Review: 2013 Allstate 13.1 Fort Lauderdale (11/10/2013), or: “It’s a hard life to live but it gives back what you give….”

I decided to run the 2013 Allstate 13.1 Fort Lauderdale half marathon at a slower pace, and the reason I decided to run the 2013 Allstate 13.1 Fort Lauderdale half marathon at a slower pace was because I was physically incapable of running it at a faster pace. I believe in logic. This is my…

Album Review: “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.” — The Monkees (1967)

As strong as an album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. really is, it still represents something of a step backward for the band. While their previous album Headquarters (released earlier that very same year) represented an assertive statement of individuality and liberation of The Monkees as a self-sustaining band, PACJ has the band relying…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Goodnight Moon” — Shivaree (1999)

Well this is it for my 2013 Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs. Until next year my friends… Happy Halloween! And goodnight… — Hokeydude There’s a nail in the door And there’s glass on the lawn Tacks on the floor And the TV is on And I always sleep with my guns when you’re gone There’s a blade…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Black Sabbath” — Black Sabbath (1970)

The very flames in which the darkened blade of heavy metal was forged… The first track from their first album… The song Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath by the band Black Sabbath… Yeah I think that sets up our penultimate Buttkickin’ Halloween Song song pretty well, but you have to admit that it’s one of the…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “God Of Thunder (Live)” — Kiss (1977)

Three more songs to go, gang. Hope you’re having a righteous Halloween! And let’s be real, there was NO way I was gonna do a list of buttkickin’ Halloween songs without including something by KISS. And believe you me, the Lords of Rock Theatricality and Spectacle had a host of great songs to choose from…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Fire On High” — Electric Light Orchestra (1975)

If you’re over the age of, oh, let’s say 30, you’ve probably heard this song on Classic Rock radio over the years, but perhaps never knew the name or the artist. It happens. The problem is, as an instrumental, there are no lyrics to look up or inquire about, and trying to identify a song…

Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Over At The Frankenstein Place” — The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

When it comes to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, most of these sort of playlists begin and end with “Time Warp”, and that nearly makes me puke my guts out. Let me back that up a bit… Going to see midnight screenings of RHPS during your teens and twenties, every Saturday night for God knows…