Quality Assessment: Milwaukee At Last!!!

To experience Rufus Wainwright live is something everyone should do at least once in their life, and though he has released live video before, as he does on the deluxe edition of this new release, this is the first time he has put out a proper live cd for the uninitiated or those who just [...]

The Classics: Fiona Apple’s Across The Universe

We here at the Dragon Lair were ready to do a very lengthy dissertation on why this cover by Fiona rules not only over Rufus Wainwright’s very capable take but the Beatles’ original as well.  Her interpretation is the stuff of perfection and the video is beyond a mini-masterpiece.  But as soon as we watched it again we realized [...]

The Now Lists: Best Opening Tracks To An Album

As you know, we here at the Dragon Lair love a good list every now and then, and since we haven’t done one in a while and seeing how we’ve been posting a bit much about movies lately, it feels right to bring the attention back to music and this particular subject.
It would appear to us [...]

The Now Lists: Male Voices.

I was listening to the Best American Band™ of the last 15 years and counting and the orgasmic sounds of the lead singer’s singing and it occur to me that easter was a good time to make a “best of” list.  I’m not going to really concentrate on old singers because though I do listen [...]

The Classics: Music–Yearbook 97-98.

There has been great years in music.  Sure the Grandpas and the Pappas will tell you all about them from the 50s, 60s, and 70s before you and I were born and there’s been quite a few during the 80s and 90s and even the 00s depending on your taste.  For me, the 97-98 yearbook [...]