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Chill Out About the 100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time (Rolling Stone)
Chill Out About the 100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time (Rolling Stone)

Rolling Stone Magazine put out their list of the "Top 100 Drummers of All-Time" today. Some people have lost their minds in response to the list.

As a drummer, I ask everyone to chill and celebrate the greatest stick men and women ever (and make some comments about the list - because I can).

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeCharlie Watts, Jazz, Rock, Rolling Stone, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, Buddy Rich, Sheila E, Neal Peart, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Gene Krupa, Dave Grohl, Danny Carey, Stewart Copeland, Al Jackson Jr., Mitch Mitchell, Clyde Stubblefield, John "Jabo" Starks, Hal Blaine, Tony Williams, Billy Cobham, Clifton James, Matt Cameron, Jimmy Chamberlin, Led Zeppelin, Stax Records., James Brown, The Godfather of Soul, Funk, The Police, Jimmy Hendrix, The Jimmy Hendrix Experience, Rush, Tool, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Smashing PumpkinsComment
My Open Letter To "The Demon"
My Open Letter To "The Demon"

Gene Simmons decided to let his grumpy old demon out in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Lowlights: He doesn't find hip-hop music melodic, thinks Rock music is dead, and wants Lady Gaga to get off the stripper pole.

Here is my response to "grumpy old Demon" Gene Simmons 

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGene Simmons, KISS, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Alice Cooper, Sergeant Peppers, Kiss And The Phantom Of The Park, Big Ups, Wicked Lester, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Rockism, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Destroyer, KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park, Talib KweliComment
Election 2016: My Musical Celebration

#VIVAElection2016

Because – awesome, right?

Yes, I am trying to start an “Ironic” hashtag on Twitter, but also to spark a discussion.

Anyway, trying to spark discussion with music (as always).

Just some videos that remind me of things I have been thinking about the 2016 elections (especially this week).

Just for fun, feel free to comment here or on Twitter about what you think about why I included each video or about what you think they might imply (not that I think I am being tricky at all).

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeComment
My Gift to Belinda Carlisle: Music With Character
My Gift to Belinda Carlisle: Music With Character

I challenged myself to come up with 40 good albums released in just the last two years so that I could respond to people, like Belinda Carlisle, who think no good music is being made today.

As usual, I believe music is fine, it is the industry that is doing a terrible job of communicating great music to the masses.

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGo Go's, Belinda Carlisle, Beauty and the Beat, Beach House, Depression Cherry, Father John Misty, I Love You Honeybear, Mas Ysa, Seraph, Shearwater, Jet Plane and Oxbow, La Misma, Kanizadi, Wand, Golem, Pinegrove, Cardinal, Bully, Feels Like, Ought, Sun Coming Down, Diat, Positive Energy, Pinkish Black, Bottom Of The Morning, Cloud Nothings, Here And Nowhere Else, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, So Pitted, Neo, TV On The Radio, TVOTR, DIIV, Run The Jewels, Killer Mike, Run The Jewels 2, Tame Impala, Currents, Grimes, Art Angels, Shopping, Why Choose, Cold Beat, Into The Air, Deerhunter, Fading Frontier, Chelsea Wolf, Abyss, Albert Hammond Jr., Momentary Masters, Blanck Mass, Dumb Flesh, Gun Ouftit, Alabama Shakes, The Alabama Shakes, Sound and Color, Brittany Howard, Dilly Dally, Sore, Milo, So The Flies Won't Come, Chastity Belt, Time To Go Home, Protomartyr, The Agent Intellect, Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz, Foil Deer, Hop Along, Painted Shut, J. Tillman, Waxahatchee, Katie Curtchfield, Katie Crutchfield, Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy, Ivy Trip, Julien Baker, Sprained Ankle, Majical Cloudz, Are You Alone?, Chvrches, Every Open Eye, Vince Staples, Summertime 06, Girlpool, Before The World Was BigComment
LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy
LA Weekly's Punk Rock Fantasy

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones album Ramones and also the rise of punk rock in London. Unfortunately, this has caused the punk rock haters to come out of the woodwork to mock punk rock's ultimate impact on music as a whole.

One of these punk rock "hater" articles  was published by LA Weekly, this is my response to that and most of the others.

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeLA Weekly, Nicolas Pell, Punk Rock, NWA, Sham 69, The Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground, White Light White Heat, Punk Magazine, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Ramones, The Ramones, Patty Smith, Patti Smith, Television, 100 Club Punk Festival, Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Bad Brains, Bikini Kill, Queercore, MDC, Downtown Boys, Never Mind The Bollocks, Never Mind the Bollocks Here Come The Sex Pistols, Can't Stop Won't Stop, Jeff Chang, Kool DJ Herc, Run DMC, This Is Radio Clash, Africa Bambaataa, Soul Sonic Force, Time Zone, World Destruction, John Lydon, Malcolm McLaren, Duck Rock, Grandmaster Flash, Dead Kennedys, Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, Minor Threat, Fugazi, La MismaComment