jeffreyroessner.bsky.social
@jeffreyroessner.bsky.social
Professing English, writing about popular music, deaning the humanities. Opinions are everyone’s.
Sorry—your pull quote is a tangled mess. What has been co-opted? Pop culture? Huh? The traditional art object? Huh? And should we believe that the avant-garde is an impulse that somehow stands outside history? Are we discussing religion or art?
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thank you so much for putting this band in my ears. Love it.
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Beautiful nuances revealed here with his vocal attack. Love it. Makes me hear the track fresh.
January 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My fave carol too! Have you heard Chrissie Hynde’s version on the Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas record? Guaranteed to break your heart. Bonus: guitar solo by Richard Thompson
December 23, 2024 at 4:19 AM
The most delightful part of the reunion was seeing that Ringo still has his chops! #Bealtes
December 22, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Now here’s a blistering rock song that is rarely covered well, and the vocal track highlights why. Not many can hit those parts convincingly—which maybe why Booker T.’s instrumental version succeeds where others should not have dared venture.
December 13, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Yes, where there is genuine reading, there must be hope!
December 7, 2024 at 1:26 AM