Gen X -- Kiss Me Deadly

  The last of what was known as Billy Idol's Generation X, Kiss Me Deadly.  The record might not be a punk rock masterpiece, but as far as good ol' catchy rock 'n' roll numbers go this album is great, and it features a slew of classic punk guest guitarists.  I can't help but have some serious nostalgia listening to this record, visions of dancing my little brains out in punk clubs years ago in Montreal, it felt like, "Heaven Was Inside Us All!"

Gary Numan -- Telekon

  Numan's follow up to the Synth-Pop Classic The Pleasure Principle, Telekon is Tele-crap.  Beating the dead horse release, you get the feeling that Numan was far too into his bizarro futurist shtick, which gives him points for going full force, otherwise it's just creepy, like the baby faced cover.  Funny that it kinda sounds the same as his earlier releases, but there is something missing that made the others good and this one bad, maybe he just exhausted the idea to the point it didn't have life ... I don't know ... what I do know is that Telekon is Tele-gone!!

Buffalo Springfield -- S/T

  This album is a great rock 'n' roll artifact of Neil Young's humble beginnings, I personally don't care too much for Stephen Stills.  The record sounds like folky countrified garage rock, For What It's Worth this album is better in theory than in actuality .... but they do pick it up next time ... I guess I just Burned em'!

Bruce Springsteen -- Darkness On The Edge Of Town

  Darkness On The Edge Of Town is a very stylish classic rock record, Springsteen isn't breaking down any barriers here, but that's not really his shtick, just music for music's sake.  You can really hear where the Arcade Fire get their influence from Springsteen especially in the vocal style and song flow.  Take it from the boss, there's a Darkness On The Edge Of Town.

Leonard Cohen -- Songs Of Love And Hate

  Montreal's answer to Bobby D, Songs Of Love And Hate, recorded in Nashville by famous producer Bob Johnson.  Cohen's usual folk sounds has the addition of string arrangements on the record making the mood moodier.  His words seem to speak straight to the heart, poignant lyrics emulating feeling, spearheading itself to everyman.  Even the tunes that I'd consider bad, Diamonds in the Mine and Sing Another Song, Boys, have a pre-John Cooper Clarke quality to it.  I just wonder why they didn't put any effort for the cover, they didn't have an artist friend hanging around to pick up the slack, oh well f*uck it, let's sing a song for Last Year's Man ....  "Sincerely, L." Jerm-man!

Ike and Tina Turner -- Greatest Hits

  This record is a collection of early Ike and Tina hit numbers.  We all know Ike for being one of the corner stones of Rock 'n' Roll music, and a strong contender for possibly inventing it!  Each and every song is beyond great, Ike Turner's soul blues.  Now the funny part about the album, all the songs on this record are tunes sung by Tina about her love and longing for her man, but Ike wrote 'em all, like love letters to himself, even going as far as having a track called Letter From Tina but written by Ike, ha ha, we've all heard the stories of what kinda lover man Ike was.  I guess Tina was just A Fool In Love.

Shadows Of Knight -- Gloria

  Chicago's re-answer to the Blues, doing what the Stones, Yardbirds and the Who did and Amaricafied it back, the result being early Punk Rock.  Covering mostly classic Chicago Blues tunes and using Them's Gloria as the title track.  The real money is on the original tracks, Light Bulb Blues, It Always Happens That Way and Darkside, the first two are fuzzed out Punk numbers with switchblade riffs, the other a bleak moody ballad.  The Uk may have re-invented the blues, but the Americans regurgitated it an invented Punk!  Funny footnote, they're on the Dunwich label, product number 666, ouuuuu, spooky!