Feature: The Rockologist

The Rockologist is the alter-ego that BC music editor Glen Boyd uses from time to time whenever he feels particularly compelled to comment on such weighty matters as how downloading and exclusivity deals are killing music retail, or why Neil Young charges so much for his damn tickets. The Rockologist has also been known to fondly remember things from his many former lives both in and out of the music business. Like the first time he put the needle to the groove on such long since forgotten bands as Uriah Heep and Black Oak Arkansas, the time English folk-rocker Al Stewart stole his date, or that brief minute or so when he was actually on Rick Rubin's speed-dial. Class is in session, and the Rockologist is in. (Thanks to Jet Gardner for the graphic).

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• The Rockologist On The Art Of The Interview

  Interviewing rock stars is both easy and fun... at least when they decide to cooperate.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Feb 15, 2008

• The Rockologist Used To Be A "Rapologist" They Called The Shockmaster

  Been there. Done that.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Feb 03, 2008

• The Rockologist Learns To Play Guitar

  I want to be Jimi Hendrix right freaking now, dammit!

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Jan 19, 2008

• The Rockologist: Digging Through "The Pile"

  I may just have to start digging through "the pile" a bit more often.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Dec 22, 2007

• The Rockologist Picks His Top Ten Albums of 2007

  Okay, so maybe this is a little bit premature (well by like a week anyway).

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Dec 09, 2007

• The Rockologist: Welcome To The Hotel...Edgewater

  When Seattle's final rock history is written, the Edgewater's place is every bit as assured as those of Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Nov 11, 2007

• The Rockologist: Ladies And Gentlemen... Aruigius G?

  There's no harm in a bunch of aging old farts getting together to indulge some rock star fantasies on the weekends, right?

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Oct 29, 2007

• The Rockologist: Why I Love Porcupine Tree

  So gee, ya think I like these guys or what?

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Oct 20, 2007

• The Rockologist: An Open Letter To Neil Young

  You know I love you, Neil, but what's up with those damned ticket prices?

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Sep 21, 2007

• The Rockologist: Revisiting The Young Rascals (Or Was That The Rascals?)

  In which your Rockologist re-embraces his Young Rascals. No, not those Young Rascals. I meant the band, silly.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Aug 23, 2007

• The Rockologist: On Becoming A Rock Critic

  You know that wanna be rock journalist kid modeled after Cameron Crowe in Almost Famous? That was me.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Aug 04, 2007

• The Rockologist: Remembering The Night I Knew I Had "Made It" In The Music Biz — The Mick Jagger Party

  I was like a kid set loose in the world's biggest candy store.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Jul 14, 2007

• The Rockologist: These Are a Few of My Favorite Guitar Solos (And Guitar Players) Of All Time

  If you grew up loving rock and roll as I did, then you grew up loving guitar solos.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Jul 08, 2007

• The Rockologist: All Strawbed Out In The Seventies - And Again Today

  The classic lineup of this great, largely forgotten English progressive folk-rock band is heading out on tour this summer.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Jun 17, 2007

• The Rockologist Flashes Back To His Favorite Albums Of The Seventies

  The Rockologist gets all old school and revisits his days as an aspiring, somewhat rough around the edges rock journalist.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on May 28, 2007

• The Rockologist: Remembering Two Of Al Stewart's Best Albums, And The Time He Stole My Date

  I still love Al Stewart's music all these years later. But if we ever meet again, remind me he's owed one punch in the nose.

  Review by Glen Boyd — on May 14, 2007

• The Rockologist: My Journey Into Jazz

  Jazz music used to really piss me off. Until I discovered the meaning of "real jazz" was all about painting a picture.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Apr 01, 2007

• The Rockologist: Before There Was Fleetwood Mac, There Was, Well, Fleetwood Mac

  Before Buckingham and Nicks, there was Peter Green. And Danny Kirwan. And Bob Welch. And before Rumours, they made some great records.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Mar 24, 2007

• The Rockologist: Run-DMC - Live At Montreux 2001

  It may surprise some people who read this space fairly regularly to learn that "The Rockologist" is actually a pretty big rap music fan.

  Review by Glen Boyd — on Mar 19, 2007

• The Rockologist: Feeling Kinda Proggy With The Also-Rans Of Seventies Prog-Rock

  Somewhere in the seventies in between Uriah Heep and punk rock, I fell in love with the mellotron.

  Opinion by Glen Boyd — on Mar 03, 2007