Blogging the Stones

I'm having a bit of trouble arranging for the hosting of the songs. Until I figure it out, here's Brian Regan being funny.

The Felice Brothers - "Frankie's Gun!" [ Download link ] Sometimes I tell people about this blog and they might think,...

Goats Head Soup Roundup Not the worst album the Stones had recorded, and certainly not the worst in their discography — Goats Head marke...

Goats Head Soup Side Two, Track Five "Star Star" – 4:25 [ Download link ] This song makes me unhappy. I'll leave it ...

Goats Head Soup Side Two, Track Four "Can You Hear the Music?" – 5:31 [ Download link ] Can you feel the magic hangin...

Goats Head Soup Side Two, Track Three "Winter" – 5:31 [ Download link ] On first listen, an utterly conventional rock ba...

Goats Head Soup Side Two, Track Two "Hide Your Love" – 4:12 [ Download link ] This is what it would sound like if Mick e...

Goats Head Soup Side Two, Track One "Silver Train" – 4:27 [ Download link ] How is it that I don't know this song? I...

Goats Head Soup Side One, Track Five "Angie" – 4:33 [ Download link ] You know how there are some jokes you never get ti...

Well, it's been a couple of months since I updated, but I decided to give it another shot. It's funny: if you had suggested that lis...

Goats Head Soup Side One, Track Four "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" – 3:27 [ Download link ] Where was I? Oh, righ...

Goats Head Soup Side One, Track Three "Coming Down Again" – 5:54 [ Download link ] Why does every song on this album sou...

Goats Head Soup Side One, Track Two "100 Years Ago" – 3:59 [ Download link ] I spent 10 minutes trying think of what son...

Goats Head Soup Side One, Track One "Dancing with Mr. D" – 4:53 [ Download link ] Yeah, this is what happens when you le...

I do a bit of book reviewing here and there on the net. A long time ago I made the decision to avoid criticising books for stylistic choices...

Pogo - "Alice" – 2:43 Sorry for the non-Stones content, but I needed to get the bad taste of that book out of my mouth and make...

Exile on Main Street: a season in hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield (prologue) p. 13: The Players Keith Richards: He ...

Exile on Main Street: a season in hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield (prologue) pp. 4-10: Welcome to Villa Nellcote. You ...

Exile on Main Street: a season in hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield (prologue) Pages 1-4 An inauspicious start: In t...

I'm trying something a little different now. Having made my way through the glorious sprawl of Exile on Main St. , I will now make my wa...