Buttkickin’ Halloween Songs: “Burn” — Deep Purple (1974)

The sky is red, I don’t understand Past midnight I still see the land People are sayin’ the woman is damned She makes you burn with a wave of her hand The city’s a blaze, the town’s on fire The woman’s flames are reaching higher We were fools, we called her liar All I hear…

A Most Hokey Update, or: “All I hear is Burn…”

Well, Howdy Doughnuts everyone! It’s been about two and a half weeks since I last surfaced, but don’t think for a moment that I’ve forgotten about you. Almost the opposite, actually. While it’s true that my four-part Disneyland recap kind of blew any remaining writing instincts clear out of the studio, there’s been a metric…

Yay… the 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominations, or: “Who cares what you do…”

OK let’s forget the flowery prosaic intro and just jump headfirst into this year’s crop of nominees: Nirvana KISS Yes Peter Gabriel The Meters The Replacements Hall & Oates N.W.A. Linda Ronstadt LL Cool J The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Link Wray Cat Stevens The Zombies Whoa… I’m a HUGE Kiss fan!…