The Stone River Boys

Carl’s Rock Songbook #66: The Greatness of Dave Gonzalez

by Carl Scott

Here in the Scott household, yours truly has taken a bit of ribbing from Frau Scott for saying bonne things (scroll below) about Cate Le Bon : “How’s your new girl -friend!” has been the taunt. Well, she’s got it all wrong—it’s not like my admiration for Susanna Hoffs . . . . Continue Reading »

Carl’s Rock Songbook #36: Crystal Castles, “Baptism”; Or, What Is It That’s New about New Music?

by Carl Scott

The Songbook has been a heavily 60s affair so far, with occasional forays into the 70s and 80s. Why the neglect of the 90s and the aughties? Well, I hold that 60s rock set the basic patterns of the ongoing rock sound and attitude; and that while these patterns get some major adjustments in the late . . . . Continue Reading »