John Mayer is putting out a new album.  This album is called “Born and Raised.”  He’s been streaming his lead off single called “Shadow Days” and it sounds like the Brother has his proverbial hat in hand and a possible downcast hopefulness that erebody still luhs him. The tune has a real “country” feel and air about it, so the Garth Brooks-esque ‘aww shucks’ is fitting. My my,...

The king is still alive.  Long live his ulcer!  Ahhh, the music bidness… How do I love thee?  Everyone else does apparently as well.  Or they hate it… Or, well, see, they dig bands but they hate “executives” or… Well… Oh screw this crap!  Let’s watch reality TV. Sound familiar?  Yeah, I don’t know what I’m talking about either; but the point is this: Once upon a time, everything...

Screw your coffee!  How do you take your cream? I take mine daily and I like it sour, snarky and utterly too impressed with itself.  Hell yeah.  I LOVE that blog! Cream... Nashville style... Sour and really damn fond of Bruce Springsteen for some reason The Nashville Cream is the local indie music blog which is run by writers of our local indie paper.  I don’t know the politics, I don’t know the infrastructure and I...

(This is a retro blog–written in early 2007.  I’ve been paid off and grown wise hence…) So explain critics to me… I read Rolling Stone.  I read some of the blogs out there.  I check local and not so local papers.  Some of those folks are pretty harsh at times. A typical critic's review of an album I’ve tried to find consistency in reviews and am having trouble.  Is it subjective to whether they’re feeling in...