Ponderations Archives

November 24, 2023

Observation: Dolly Parton Thanksgiving NFL halftime show, Dallas vs. Washington, November 23, 2023.

Posted by metal on November 24, 2023 9:48 AM |

April 21, 2023

Vision: Snakes and stones.

Posted by metal on April 21, 2023 8:46 AM |

March 30, 2023

Augury: Morbid Angel and Nashville school shooting, March 27, 2023.

Posted by metal on March 30, 2023 3:33 PM |

February 2, 2023

Dredge: Iggy & the Stooges, "Raw Power" at 50 (2023).

Posted by metal on February 2, 2023 7:11 PM |

January 5, 2023

Ponderation: Maquahuitl's metal, and other creations by transgressors.

Posted by metal on January 5, 2023 1:56 PM |

June 16, 2022

Personal history: The Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main St." at 50 (2022)

Posted by metal on June 16, 2022 7:07 PM |

May 3, 2022

Ponderillo: The Henry Miller Memorial Toilet.

Posted by metal on May 3, 2022 1:01 PM |

February 17, 2022

List: Super Bowl LVI halftime show (2022).

Posted by metal on February 17, 2022 3:58 PM |

September 2, 2021

As sparks fly upward: Kraig Grady, "Lake Aloe Festival" (Anaphoria); Lee "Scratch" Perry RIP (2021).

Posted by metal on September 2, 2021 5:10 PM |

May 6, 2021

Mothers' Day ponderation: "Cherokee."

Posted by metal on May 6, 2021 5:23 PM |

March 25, 2021

Ponderation: Metalpeckers.

Posted by metal on March 25, 2021 3:06 PM |

December 31, 2020

Artists meet evil: David Lynch and Krzysztof Penderecki (2020).

Posted by metal on December 31, 2020 4:44 PM |

December 10, 2020

Ponderation: The nature of psychedelic music, via a new Nirvana U.K. covers album (2020).

Posted by metal on December 10, 2020 3:18 PM |

November 19, 2020

Historilla: Themistocles' exile, 5th century B.C. (2020).

Posted by metal on November 19, 2020 5:10 PM |

November 5, 2020

Ponderation: Listening to the noise metal of Imperial Triumphant on Election Day (2020).

Posted by metal on November 5, 2020 5:46 PM |

May 28, 2020

History: "Papa Oom Mow Mow," Horace Tapscott, and Steven Isoardi's "The Music Finds a Way" (2020)

Posted by metal on May 28, 2020 11:29 AM |

March 20, 2020

Memories: "Punk Massacre" at Elks Hall, March 17, 1979.

Posted by metal on March 20, 2020 1:28 PM |

February 6, 2020

Culture meld: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez in the Super Bowl LIV halftime show (2020).

Posted by metal on February 6, 2020 12:13 PM |

October 29, 2019

Ponderation: All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day and "The Waste Land."

Posted by metal on October 29, 2019 4:32 PM |

July 11, 2019

Manners: Quit telling me to look and listen.

Posted by metal on July 11, 2019 4:04 PM |

June 3, 2019

Gender politics: Black Label Society, The Atomic Bitchwax at El Rey Theater, May 23, 2019.

Posted by metal on June 3, 2019 9:00 AM |

April 11, 2019

Ponderation: Apologies to Motley Crue.

Posted by metal on April 11, 2019 9:09 AM |

November 22, 2018

Appreciation: Led Zeppelin's first album, 50th anniversary (2018).

Posted by metal on November 22, 2018 9:07 AM |

September 11, 2018

Analysis: "Tears of Rage." Half a century of parental recrimination (2018).

Posted by metal on September 11, 2018 9:22 AM |

May 28, 2018

Kneeling or saluting: Personal expression must be banned from public events (2018).

Posted by metal on May 28, 2018 3:55 PM |

May 17, 2018

Ponderation: Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's," 50 years after (2018).

Posted by metal on May 17, 2018 10:38 AM |

May 10, 2018

Ponderation: Morbid Angel and metal paganism (2018).

Posted by metal on May 10, 2018 11:52 AM |

November 23, 2017

Usage: Chick Hearn's "No harm, no foul."

Posted by metal on November 23, 2017 9:29 AM |

October 26, 2017

Sports: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as Dodgers theme song (2017).

Posted by metal on October 26, 2017 5:11 PM |

September 21, 2017

Ponderation: John Phillips' "Pussycat" and the triumph of '70s sleaze.

Posted by metal on September 21, 2017 12:38 PM |

August 4, 2017

List: Thelonious Monk's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960" and other stuff that actually happened in 1959.

Posted by metal on August 4, 2017 1:17 AM |

February 14, 2017

Ponderation: Metallica with Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards (2017).

Posted by metal on February 14, 2017 7:27 AM |

August 1, 2016

Ponderation: Why I'm afraid of Richard Thompson.

Posted by metal on August 1, 2016 8:25 AM |

July 8, 2016

Snapshots: East Coast street musicians.

Posted by metal on July 8, 2016 8:23 AM |

June 30, 2016

Tourism: The John Coltrane house in Philadelphia.

Posted by metal on June 30, 2016 6:44 PM |

January 28, 2016

List: Top ways Volkswagen's "Beth" commercial castrates men (2016).

Posted by metal on January 28, 2016 1:41 PM |

December 10, 2015

Ponderation: Why music disappoints me.

Posted by metal on December 10, 2015 1:16 PM |

June 3, 2015

Ponderation: The Wrecking Crew vs. pop stars playing their own damned instruments (2015).

Posted by metal on June 3, 2015 4:09 PM |

August 14, 2014

Ponderation: Pope Kumbaya wages war on the Latin Mass (2014).

Posted by metal on August 14, 2014 6:00 PM |

July 3, 2014

Philosophy: Why I don't stand for the national anthem (2014).

Posted by metal on July 3, 2014 2:34 PM |

June 4, 2014

Mythology: "Maleficent," a very metal movie (2014).

Posted by metal on June 4, 2014 12:43 PM |

August 1, 2013

Linguistic rant: The perversion of "trope" (2013).

Posted by metal on August 1, 2013 11:11 AM |

April 22, 2013

L.A. Times op-ed: Burk on loud commercials (2013).

Posted by metal on April 22, 2013 8:44 AM |

October 3, 2008

Commemoration: Black Sabbath's "Born Again," 25th anniversary (2008).

Posted by metal on October 3, 2008 2:03 PM | | Comments (1)

August 2, 2007

Heavy thinkwork: The connection between metal and jazz.

Posted by metal on August 2, 2007 6:56 PM | | Comments (1)

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