Guilty Pleasure

Guilty Pleasure: Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine

By on December 7th, 2008

Now, listen, I want you to understand that I am above listening to this record. Yet…even as I type out this long, mentally-overdue review and hope to god (“Hey, God!”) I’m not accidentally ghetto blasting out Nine Inch Nail’s “Head Like a Hole” into the quiet library where I sit typing, I still have some [...]

Guilty Pleasure: Tommy James And The Shondells – The Best Of

By on November 19th, 2008

Two words: “Mony Mony.” Well, that’s sort of two words. Or maybe just one. Or maybe none at all. I’m really not sure. But, anyways, Tommy James and the Shondells found a way to hit the absolute apex of keeping it simple. Maybe it was just being raised on radio legend Dick Biondi slurring through [...]

Guilty Pleasure: Third Eye Blind – Entire Discography

By on October 12th, 2008

There’s no getting around that Third Eye Blind is pure late nineties alt-rock, a genre that often gets pegged with titles like “flash-in-the-pan,” “arena,” or “generic,” and rightfully so.  How many bands who rose during this period are still around? And by around, I mean making records, not playing the Wisconsin State Fair (sorry, Eve [...]

Guilty Pleasure: Coheed & Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade

By on September 24th, 2008

Wearing spiked hair and oversized black band t-shirts, I personified the classic metalhead in ninth grade. I would listen to the classics like Slayer and the newer breed of acts like Sepultura and MudVayne. But tenth grade was my transition year, where I shed those trends for yet another one: emo. With the emo fashion [...]

Guilty Pleasure: The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

By on September 13th, 2008

I have always loved The Stone Roses‘ self-titled debut album from 1989. As far as guilty pleasures go, it’s hardly dancing around the house to Queen in your underpants, but it’s a high. The humble beginnings of Britpop, before Liam Gallagher anointed himself the rising phoenix from the ashes of John Lennon, can be heard [...]

Guilty Pleasure: Spice Girls – Spice

By on August 5th, 2008

Every time someone gets in my car I’m always hoping they don’t pick up my booklet of CDs on the floor because there is that slim chance they’ll find out I still dig the Spice Girls. I can’t even begin to count how many times I have been made fun of for having Spice, but [...]

Guilty Pleasure: Blink-182 – The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show

By on July 22nd, 2008

The only way to sum up Blink-182 would have to be this: the culmination of any 13 year old pop-punk girls being. A friend of mine said it best, “With my blue hair and my short friend in tow, they were my boy band.” Fast, lewd, and crude, with youthful rebellion just edgy enough for [...]

Guilty Pleasure: No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom

By on July 9th, 2008

It’s like getting a letter in the mail from a friend you never see. You open it delicately and with such care that when you finally have the letter in hand, it’s as if you have the golden ticket from Willy Wonka himself. This is the feeling that rushes through me whenever I push play [...]

Limp Bizkit - Significant Other

Guilty Pleasure: Limp Bizkit – Significant Other

By on June 24th, 2008

David Buchanan comes to the stunning conclusion of nu-metal fandom.

Guilty Pleasure: Red Hot Chili Peppers – One Hot Minute

By on June 11th, 2008

Most bands can only dream of the success Blood Sugar Sex Magic brought the Red Hot Chili Peppers; however, sometimes massive popularity can tear bands apart. Case in point, The Red Hot Chili Peppers losing lead guitarist John Frusciante mid-tour while supporting Blood Sugar Sex Magic. Too much attention and frequent drug use led the [...]

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