Onefinemess

The blog formerly known as Onefinemess.

What would a Wilburys for the 00s look like?

| October 14, 2009

I ask this question because I seem to recall a review somewhere comparing Monsters of Folk to the Wilburys. I think that’s a silly crazy thing to say, but that’s just me. I hadn’t even heard of half the MoF – not that I’m uber musically educated, but at the time the Wilburys came out, [...]

things I’ve listened to lately

| February 26, 2009

WTF is up with the new Common album? I tried to listen to it again, skipped the first three songs, then went to something else entirely different. The beats really annoy me, and the songs seem especially trivial.  There are some good rhymes in there but..ugg.  “Sex 4 Suga”.  Really?  Is he becoming more like [...]

The River(s)

| December 26, 2008

I mentioned The River & various modern updates recently  in my review of the last Gaslight Anthem album, and I thought I’d return to that briefly, just to post the 3 songs in question and see if anyone out there knows of any other direct modern takes/updates/covers/etc. Click on images to play from my Vox [...]