Email Author Rob O'Connor

1998 Stories by Rob O'Connor

• Song Sung Goo

  published December 17, 1998

  There's an absolutely great short film titled Neil Diamond Parking Lot that, unfortunately, most people will never see. Shot by two guys in... More >>

• Rotations

  published December 17, 1998

  Randy Newman Guilty: 30 Years of Randy Newman (Rhino) Has there ever been an artist as politically incorrect as Randy Newman?... More >>

• Rotations

  published December 3, 1998

  Jonny Lang Wander This World (A&M) Pop culture mavens are always looking for a pretty new face on which to pin their fortunes.... More >>

• Hello, Old Friend

  published December 3, 1998

  It's weird to think that it's taken this long for the box set community to get around to John Lennon. Yet it has been eighteen years this week... More >>

• Rotations

  published November 26, 1998

  Beck Mutations (DGC) Over the course of the half dozen or so albums Beck Hansen has released, on indie labels as well as for... More >>

• Gram Crackers

  published October 29, 1998

  Nick Tosches, author of the definitive tome Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, asserts that rock and roll played out its entire life... More >>

• Rotations

  published October 8, 1998

  Bob Marley and the Wailers The Complete Bob Marley & the Wailers: 1967 to 1972, Part II (JAD) This treasure-filled three-CD box... More >>

• Rotations

  published October 1, 1998

  Hole Celebrity Skin (DGC) Courtney Love's glamorously defiant look on the cover of Celebrity Skin, the latest CD by her band... More >>

• Rotations

  published September 24, 1998

  John Hiatt The Best Of John Hiatt (Capitol Records) Few singer-songwriters exude the piss and vinegar of John Hiatt -- not to... More >>

• In Defense of the Gods of Grunge

  published September 17, 1998

  Pearl Jam's got it bad. Unquestionably the most interesting of the grunge bands to follow in Nirvana's wake, Pearl Jam has suffered at the hands... More >>