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I’m going to say one thing off-topic and be done with it: moving 300 miles is a pain in the ass. Alice in Musicland From the AP: Three members of the rock band Live were aboard a United Airlines Express plane that made an emergency landing at O’Hare International Airport after reports of smoke in [...]

I just got back from Moondog Records, shopping for vinyl. Here’s what I got: Missing Persons “Spring Session M” Samantha Fox (s/t) Wham! “Make It Big” Scritti Politti “Cupid & Psyche 85″ Mr. Mister “Welcome To the Real World” Howard Jones “Dream Into Action” Sheena Easton “A Private Heaven” Phil Collins “Face Value” Phil Collins [...]

I tend to write about things I know well. See: the ’80s. While I know a lot of metal, I spend a lot of time researching and fact-checking before I attempt to put together a thought that I think will be earth-shatteringly wonderful. Hell, I even double check things I think I know, just to [...]

I love you guys. Seriously. The emails I have received after my last two columns have been nothing short of totally radical, dude. One was merely rounded out with the track list of a couple ’80s mixes I made for my car, and the other was hair band happiness. Both of them sparked quite a [...]

To be fair, it was quite a number of years ago: about 1998 to be exact. Hair metal was long since dead, having been soundly beaten into a coma and then had the plug pulled. Those who continued to support the genre typically sported mullets and jean jackets, worshipping at the altar of Whitesnake and [...]

I use gmail for my Inside Pulse stuff. We all know how gmail works for the most part, and we all understand how Google ads will scan whatever you’re reading and try to advertise things related to what you’re viewing. Right? Anyway, I got some awesome responses to last week’s column, particularly my ’80s mixes. [...]

Hello, Swindle fans. Fernandez is off doing important things. VERY important things. Important enough that he’d be willing to compromise his column’s integrity by sticking IP’s pretty pretty princess into his timeslot. Eh, you take what you can get. So hello! Here’s some stuff. Just a Smidge of Metal With D’Errico being in and out, [...]

This is the first time in my life since 1998 that I have been without broadband Internet access. Thus, I have totally and completely fallen out of touch with exactly what is going on in the world of music. I can’t download anything, I can’t load these abominably huge websites (hell, half the time I [...]

There are a million signed bands/artists who live to entertain us. Or maybe they live to create. Or perhaps they live for fame. Some are ruined by success; others would make for a very different history if they didn’t become successful. It’s all in the drive, all in the motivation. It can overwhelm you with [...]