Metro Times | Serene Dominic

Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen Get Lost in the Supermarketnew

Through the magic of print and cross-referencing, we're taking this virtual shopping tour of a supermarket with the songbooks of Dylan and Springsteen as our shopping list, to see how they feel about the things that are really on the mind of the Everyman.

Metro Times | Serene Dominic | 11-10-2009 | Music

Tags: grocery stores, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, supermarkets, working class

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of 'KISS Alive'new

I say to you snobs who stayed away from "the greatest live album ever re-recorded" because you were too busy, I dunno, reading books or getting indoctrinated into disco or est, here's a track-by-track re-creation of what you missed (which poses no danger for you of hearing even a single note of it).

Metro Times | Serene Dominic | 09-22-2009 | Music

Tags: KISS Alive, live albums, KISS

Blonde Devotion: Motown Diva Chris Clark Rises from Obscuritynew

From 1965 to 1967, Motown released a few criminally ignored singles that found a home on Clark's 1967 long-player Soul Sounds. Given the scattered sessionography, Soul Sounds surprisingly holds up better than any other studio album by the more recognizable greats of Motown.

Metro Times | Serene Dominic | 08-11-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Chris Clark, Soul Sounds, Motown, soul music