Music We Shouldn't Like But Do

The Last Best Next Big Thing: the Vertebrats

The Six Degrees of King Crimson Scrimmage

Cristy Convinces William That Nirvana Is Important (MP3)

William - I'd like to hear your pre-Cristy position on Nirvana. I think you rolled over too easily on that audio clip. Cristy - C'mon. Nirvana was a good band, yes; but don't you think they would've been easily replaceable as the godfathers of their genre? I think it was the idea of Nirvana that was important. They were in the right time and right place and had an effective marketing machine behind them (which I believe you did mention, William). Grunge would have taken off with or without Nirvana. — Chad Scoggins

Dirk Tells His Nirvana Story, Comments on the Site, and Becomes a Rock Geek

Rock Geeks Dissect the Public Library's Music Collection

The Bartender (Jeff Brandt's Exile on Main Street—a record store)

The Curator (Bob Diener's Record Swap—a record store)

The Decline and Fall of Campustown (Geoff Merritt's Parasol—a record store and label)

The Kids Are Alright (WPGU—a radio station)

Music We Should Like But Don’t

Worst Album Titles Ever

Songs We Overheard While Shopping

Bands Named After Geographic Regions

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Other Rock Writing by William

Drugs, Machines, and Hypertext
(essay on the Beatles and the hypertext novel the Unknown)

Eclectic Guy’s Database of Underappreciated Vinyl
(from the archives of Eclectic Seizure, William’s radio show)

Review of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio 
at the Krannert Center, Urbana, 11 February 1999 
(Newspoem 22 February 1999)

Spineless Books Rock Sonnet

Eclectic Guy's Review of the Prince Myshkins
Live at the Urbana Independent Media Center 14 September 2002

Other Rock Writing by Cristy

Look for Cristy's Reviews on A Different Kind of Greatness