Author: Jeff Garvin
Author of SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and THE LIGHTNESS OF HANDS. Cohost of THE HERO'S JOURNEY podcast. Rock musician, D&D geek, aspiring revolutionary.
#1 Oingo Boingo
The Top 10 Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know (Or Know Better)
#10 Dramarama
Dramarama’s angsty romance anthem “Anything, Anything (I’ll Give You)” broke on KROQ in 1985, putting the New Jersey rock outfit on the map and then drawing them out to Los Angeles....
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dreams do not die
but they do know revenge
growing in spite
when left unattended
wild like the weeds
that crack the cold concrete
deep like the roots
that buckle the street
dreams do not fade
but absorb every hue
making waking
a pale, monochrome doom
blanching blue sky
to pasty beige stucco
burning...
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I’ve had amazing mentors: my acting guru Cameron Thor, 7k’s producer Eric Rathgeber, and my seventh grade Language Arts teacher Julie Crain, just to name few. When I sat down to write this, I intended to thank them all, but once I started in on my first subject, she quickly took over...
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Maxeen
The Top 10 Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know (Or Know Better): Part 3
This week, I’m excited to introduce (or re-introduce) you to three pop/rock/alternative acts that keep me reaching to crank up the volume every time they come up on shuffle.
#9 The Verve Pipe
The first...
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Top Ten Tuesday: The Top Ten Bands You Ought To Be Ashamed You Don’t Know (Or Know Better)
#6 dredg
Alternative rock is not a played-out genre. The searchlight of mainstream interest may have swung far from its dark forest path, but dredg continue to find their way through the night with depth,...
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I love top ten lists.
Nothing is more satisfying than seeing your favorite author named “One of the Top Ten Novelists of the Twenty-First Century.” Nothing more satisfying except perhaps, a nice healthy fit of indignant rage when Rolling Stone completely snubs your favorite guitarist in their “Top...
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