The Solute Record Club: Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
I was once talking with a friend about Nirvana, and after a few minutes of…
The Solute Record Club: Nirvana – In Utero
How do you even begin to talk about In Utero without at least mentioning the…
The Solute Record Club: Nirvana – Incesticide
Incesticide, Nirvana’s 1992 odds ‘n sods compilation released as the group was basking in the…
The Solute Record Club: Nirvana – Nevermind
A standard line of dismissal for Nirvana’s behemoth-selling, culture-shaping sophomore record, Nevermind, is that it’s…
The Solute Record Club: Nirvana – Bleach
When, in 1993, Kurt Cobain introduced “About A Girl” (by-far Bleach‘s most enduring song in…
My favorite songs of 2023
Filling in this fine Thursday morning for The Ploughman, who was lazy gracious enough to…
There is this place inside where all the good things die: Everclear, SPARKLE AND FADE
You might have seen this headline and asked yourself why I would take the time…
Music and My Freshman Year
I turned fourteen in December 1990. That means I spent most of 1991 at that…
Celebrating the Living: “Weird Al” Yankovic
Because I am An Old, two of the radio stations I play in the car—because…
Miller’s 2022 Double Features: Show Me a Hero
Movies talk to each other. What did the films of 2022 have to say? This…