Root Down in the Shadow

Typically I prepare for my posts throughout the day. I listen to music constantly while I drive around town. It's really one of my most favorite parts of my job, the other being the puzzle of addressing how a car got damaged and how far that damage traveled. Today, however, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed when getting ready for this post. I love... emphatically love the Blood Sugar Sex Magik album, but I've come to realize it's just not a "Desert Island Disc". Anthony Kedis ' insane lyrics of feelings, drug trips, and other adventures are outstanding, but the disc itself is too much of a roller coaster to ever be on repeat (preferably with 4-5 other albums) for a desert island eternity.  I somewhat always knew this, but at the same time I always wanted more out of this pinnacle of Red Hot Chili Pepperdom. Even after reading Scar Tissue the Kedis autobiography, and understanding more of the lyrics, especially his ever constant binge and purge wit...

Way, way back in the fall of 10th grade, twenty years ago, the extremely naive version of myself managed to go out to a movie with a new classmate from California.  We went to the see Singles .  So many things from this event were oblivious to me at the time.  How much the future of my musical taste would revolve around the featured Seattle scene?  How to get to a second date?  And, who the hell were the Lovemongers ? Within a few short months, my musical collection would grow exponentially with grunge bands Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and the Singles Soundtrack.   It would take me a little longer to figure out the dating thing.  It took me quite a while to figure out the Lovemongers .  In fact it wasn't until three years later, I was doing some exploration of other classmates favorite bands where I finally was officially and properly exposed to  Led Zeppelin .  Of course, after hearing the Led Zeppelin original version of '...