Feature: Harmony In My Headphones

As much as I might like to think I know about music there are always going to be 999 things I do not know to every one thing I think I do know. In the face of such knowledge, and the likelihood that I never truly knew even that one thing, I can only accept the truth and move forward to try and even up the odds. Whatever the genre and whatever the era it might have been recorded I am setting myself out on a quest to experience it. I want to not only listen to, but truly hear, as many albums by as many artists as I can. If I can get my headphones strapped on tight and my head wrapped even tighter around all the music I'm hoping to encounter, I should have plenty to write about. Please feel free to suggest an artist or an album that you think might lead me onto the next stepping stone on my journey. In return I promise to always keep an open mind.

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• Music Review: AC/DC – Live at River Plate [2-CD Set]

  Taking a listen to the force of nature that is AC/DC in concert.

  Review by Michael Jones — on May 17, 2013

• Comedy CD Review: Doug Stanhope - Before Turning The Gun On Himself

  Doug Stanhope is an awful human being but an amazing comedian. What's worse?

  Review by Michael Jones — on Feb 07, 2013

• Music DVD Review: Steel Panther - British Invasion

  Steel Panther is the hardest rocking "joke" band out there. P.S. The joke's on us...they rock.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Jan 14, 2013

• Music Review: Michael Jackson - Bad: 25 [Deluxe Anniversary Edition]

  Does Michael Jackson's Bad stand up in this 25th Anniversary Remastered Edition? Oh hell yes, it does.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Nov 28, 2012

• Music Review: Brubeck Brothers Quartet - LifeTimes

  Dave Brubeck's sons, both actual and honorary, serve up a delicious tribute album to his work.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Nov 17, 2012

• Music Review: The Guns - The Guns Double LP

  Give a listen to a seminal punk band that never broke and yet broke all the molds to create some damn fine songs.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Nov 12, 2012

• Music Review: Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot [2012 Remastered Edition]

  A new look at an old favorite. Pisces Iscariot gets a remaster but is it just as good as the 1994 original?

  Review by Michael Jones — on Nov 08, 2012

• Music DVD Review: The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE by Yo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile

  The Goat Rodeo Sessions LIVE shows how I learned to grow the hell up and start liking - loving, really - Yo Yo Ma.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Nov 05, 2012

• Music Review: Chris Robinson Brotherhood - The Magic Door

  Chris Robinson returns to the "Brotherhood" with his second album of 2012 – and the music is just as good the second time around.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Sep 13, 2012

• Music Review: Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Thrillah

  The All-Stars return with another dub-step interpretation of an iconic album. This time around? Michael Jackson's Thriller.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Sep 04, 2012

• Music Review: Show of Strength by Michael Burks

  Michael "Iron Man" Burks shines like a blues diamond on this posthumous release. It is his best work, period.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Aug 14, 2012

• Music Review: Matisyahu - Spark Seeker

  Matisyahu returns with a surprisingly (to me, at least) solid album which proves that he's much more than a novelty act.

  Review by Michael Jones — on Aug 02, 2012

• Music DVD Review: David Byrne - Ride Rise Roar

  Byrne's latest DVD, which was filmed during his supporting tour for Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, is amazing.

  Opinion by Michael Jones — on Jun 12, 2011

• Music Review: Paul Simon - So Beautiful or So What

  Paul Simon shows the album is still a valid art form and that he is still, well, Paul Simon.

  Review by Michael Jones — on May 01, 2011

• Checking out the Childish Gambino

  Searching for new music leads me to listen to... an actor? Yes. Yes, it does.

  Opinion by Michael Jones — on Mar 15, 2011

• Classically Inclined

  Putting aside my usual musical taste and learning to love the flavor of classical music, one bite at a time.

  Opinion by Michael Jones — on Feb 28, 2011

• Wherein I Have My Cake and Listen to It Too

  The flu may have slowed me down but the music kept going.

  Opinion by Michael Jones — on Jan 31, 2011

• Welcome to "Harmony In My Headphones"

  Getting to know music all over again for the first time.

  Opinion by Michael Jones — on Dec 20, 2010