Category Archives: Music

Walking on Water: Too Easy

Posted on 14 December 2013 by Larry Russwurm

Walking on water is one of the premiere miracles in the bible. But summing up the miracle by using that stock phrase makes it just too easy for anyone to meet or exceed that deed. If you have dared to … Continue reading →

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Why Green Day Stopped Making Concept Albums

Posted on 5 October 2013 by Larry Russwurm

American Idiot was a very successful album for Green Day. So of course they tried the concept album again with 21st Century Breakdown. But instead of steadily gaining new audience with three new concept albums they reverted to a normal … Continue reading →

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Title Mining

Posted on 22 June 2013 by Larry Russwurm

The album Night Visions by the new band Imagine Dragons has a number of good songs on it. Indeed, one of my minor complaints about it was that the title Radioactive and On Top of the World aren’t very original. … Continue reading →

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The Articler

Posted on 11 May 2013 by Larry Russwurm

The astute among you will notice that the title has a made up word. The name might make sense if you follow the rest of this post. Over 4 decades ago, mankind first set foot on the moon. It was … Continue reading →

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The Green Day Countdown

Posted on 2 February 2013 by Larry Russwurm

Now that the U. S. has entered a new stage of their space program, where their rocket missions are either done privately or in foreign Russia, many think that other remnants of the old space program ought to be updated. … Continue reading →

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Yes For Induction in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Larry Russwurm

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has already taken flack a few years ago for ignoring the genre of progressive rock, hugely popular in the 1970s and still somewhat successful today. Since that time they have added Genesis and … Continue reading →

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Did the Centre Coast Win the Rap Wars?

Posted on 16 January 2013 by Larry Russwurm

Now I’m hardly an expert on rap music and can probably only name 20 of its artists so no matter what I say in the following, I will not have proved my premise. Still I do listen to the media … Continue reading →

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Mice Can Sing

Posted on 10 November 2012 by Larry Russwurm

That title might not be news to you but for me recently it was. I grew up in an old farmhouse that mice came into when winter struck. Many mousetraps were set and later on we came to rely on … Continue reading →

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Country, You Rock

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Larry Russwurm

I’ve heard a country music song use the word rock in its lyrics before. Not as the stone, not as the motion but as the compliment, like in the phrase, “You rock!” I’m fairly certain the compliment definition of rock … Continue reading →

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One in the Can

Posted on 25 August 2012 by Larry Russwurm

It happens all the time. A big name star dies and then of course magically (it seems) they have one more film or album “in the can”. Whitney Houston died recently. Of course Sparkle came out after her death. I … Continue reading →

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