Vinyl Confessions – 70s CLASSIC ROCK

AEROSMITH – Get Your Wings

AEROSMITH – Live Bootleg
…when it comes to Aerosmith, although I discovered them in the mid-80s initially, exploring their back catalogue has lead me to perfer their raw, bluesy 1970s output over anything they put out after Pump back in 1989. These two especially sound great, with Get Your Wings being something of an underrated classic, and Live Bootleg being a great live recording of the band.

EAGLES – Greatest Hits
…I would suspect that The Dude from The Big Lebowski and I wouldn’t get along too well, as I tend to lean towards being a casual fan of The Eagles. Not enough to kick him out of the cab; I’ve only owned the two Greatest Hits packages they’ve put out back in the day. This one is my second favorite of the two.

LED ZEPPELIN – IV
…okay, sure, there’s the accusations of massive plagurism by the band over the years, and I would tend to agree that “Stairway To Heaven” is overplayed ad nausium, but you have to admit that this album rocks from front to back. Also, this was the first Led Zeppelin album that I owned back when I was 16, so there’s the nostalgia factor.

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Vinyl Confessions – MULLET ROCK II

VAN HALEN – Van Halen

VAN HALEN – Van Halen II

VAN HALEN – 1984
…as I mentioned back in the Vinyl Confessions bit that had David Lee Roth’s first solo EP, I was never that big of a Van Halen fan. I remember being introduced to them back in grade school, where a few of my classmates had the 1984 on cassette, and hearing the big hits from that one on the radio at the time (being “Jump”, “I’ll Wait”, and to a lesser extent, “Hot For Teacher”). Truth be told, if hard pressed to choose a side, I would say I fall squarely in the Van Hagar era as far as favorite iterations of the band goes; however, these three are no slouches, and let’s face it: while not that great of a singer, Roth is the perfect frontman for Van Halen.

ALICE COOPER – Flush The Fashion
…so, the early 80s saw a lot of the classic rockers kind of adopt a more New Wave style to ride the trend that was emerging on the Top 40 Radio at the time. Alice Cooper went through that phase with a handful of albums in the early-to-mid 80s, starting with this one. While more a fan of his hard rock and metal output, I have to admit that there are some rather good songs on this album.

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Movies+Beer: IT CHAPTER 2

James is joined by long-time heterosexual lifemate Brian in watching the anticipated second chapter in the recent movie adaptation of Stephen King’s IT. How does it hold up to the first chapter? Does it blow away the miniseries from 1990? Will the Husker fans be cheering too loudly? Tune in and find out…
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Movies+Beer: AMERICAN POLTERGEIST

James is joined once again by Kari via Skype to discuss the 2015 direct-to-video stinker American Poltergeist! Come, listen as we marvel at how bad this movie is, and how close we came to a sequel…
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Movies+Beer; SPIDER-MAN Far From Home

James finally gets to venture from the place where he’s recovering from surgery to watch the highly anticipated Spider-Man: Far From Home! Joined by long-time partner in crime Brian, they discuss the movie at the legendary Sean O’Casey’s pub over lunchie-munchies…among other things…

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