In which I do something very few critics have ever done: I admit I was wrong. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my weekly series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on the one Pink Floyd […]
R.E.M. is one of the most important alt rock bands to come out of the early 1980s, and much of it comes down to their unique sound, blending jangly pop melodies with punk and post-punk sensibilities. But there’s a little told story in how they got that sound, and it […]
Tread so light so not to touch the grass, breathe the air so slowly as you pass. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my weekly series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on Donovan’s 5th and […]
It’s finally time for a music room tour. Today I’m sharing my newly finished vinyl den with minimalist design and a hint of mid century modern flare. This has been months in the making due to delays from one piece of furniture… 💡 Subscribe For More: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 🎟️ Become A […]
Listening to you, I get the music. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my weekly series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. And I sure have a lot of feelings about this one!! My updated thoughts on The […]
Blue Monday was a joke. A mistake. New Order never intended for the song to be a hit. In this week’s episode of Poetic Wax, Andy pulls out the 1988 pressing of Blue Monday. This is the surprising history of the song that blended alt rock, new wave, and electronic […]
We are stardust…we are golden… Welcome (or welcome back) to the Vinyl Monday WOODSTOCK MINISERIES! This is usually my weekly series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. But for the next 3 weeks I’ll be examining the cultural impact of 3 […]
On the 30th Anniversary of Purple by Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland’s widow set the record straight about the legendary STP and Velvet Revolver frontman: He didn’t overdose. This is an alternate look at Scott Weiland’s death, and how Jamie Weiland feels we have it all wrong. 💡 Subscribe For […]
Billion-year-old carbon…caught in the devil’s bargain… Welcome to week 2 of the Vinyl Monday Woodstock Series! Vinyl Monday is normally my weekly series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. But this is the week 2 of celebrating 3 days of peace […]
On the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s passing and the new release by Jack White, Andy Fenstermaker digs into his record collection to tell the story of how White acquired Elvis’s first ever recording. He looks at the history of the recording, recounting the story and how Elvis landed his first […]
