Music Friday: "Suspots" & "Compositions for the Young and Old"

One of the finest albums of the late 80s is Bob Mould's Workbook. 

As the kids say these days, every song on that album "slaps." 

The first tune is the opening instrumental, and the second song is the eighth song on the 11-song opus. 

Music Friday: "Gift"

 I hadn't listened to File Under Easy Listening for a good while, so I kicked out the jams today and listened to it while at work. 

Here's the opening salvo on that fine opus. 

Music Friday: "Sunshine Rock"

One of the three new albums I bought recently was Mould's Sunshine Rock. 

Here's the first song on the album, a work that features his usual hard-driving rock. 

Music Friday: "See a Little Light"

This week I've been listening to a lot of Bob Mould. 

The other day it dawned on me that Workbook came out in 1989. It's an outstanding album. Just plain damn outstanding.

Here's one of the more famous tracks from the album. 

Music Friday: "See a Little Light," "Dreaming I Am," and "Stand Guard"

Bob Mould has a new album out called Patch the Sky. I plan to buy it soon. 

In lieu of his new work, here's some of his old solo work. I featured his old solo stuff more than a few years back if you want to check that out too. 

Random Notes from a Crank

I discovered today that Bob Mould has a new album coming out next week. I'm looking forward to it. From what I have gathered, Mould has been touring recently to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his highly regarded solo album, Workbook, that was his first solo album after he left Husker Du. 

I've gotten into this new series Fargo, especially Malvo, who is Billy Bob Thornton's character in the series. It's a series full of darkness, duplicity, and dark humor. 

Yes, I just rolled with alliteration via three d-words. Deal with it.

The other day, my son's rookie league baseball team destroyed the opposing team 15 to 1. It was nice to watch some offensive production. I haven't gotten to watch a lot of that this season with the current Cubs squad. The team is more interesting than last season's train wreck though. 

If you're a parent, Hanna Rosin's "Hey! Parents, Leave Those Kids Alone" in The Atlantic is worth a read. 

Music Friday: "Poison Years," "Sinners and Their Repentances," "Black Sheets of Rain," "Star Machine," & "The Descent"

Bob Mould's new album, Silver Age, came out this Tuesday, and I've been listening the hell out of it this week. It's an outstanding album, and I'm sure it'll be on my top ten/twenty list of albums of 2012, probably somewhere in the top ten. 

For a long time, I've owned Mould's duo of outstanding albums from 1989 and 1990: Workbook and Black Sheets of Rain. 

I listened to those works quite a bit over the years, and his songs that buffet between introspection and rage matched my moods and perspectives in my 20s and 30s. Heck, let's be honest. They still match 'em. 

So today in honor of Silver Age coming out, I'm featuring three songs from the older solo works and a couple of tunes from the new album. 

Here are "Poison Years" & "Sinners and Their Repentances" from Workbook.






Next is "Black Sheets of Rain." 



And now for the new stuff: "Star Machine" & "The Descent." 





The performance on Letterman reminds me of this Music Friday Post that featured Husker Du on a local Twin Cities talk show called Good Company.