Skip to content
Honk Journal

Honk Journal

A Magazine of Popular (and Unpopular) Culture

  • HOME
  • ARCHIVE
  • HONK PLUS
  • LOG IN
Main Menu

Music

Honk Plus / Music

The Bullet, the Juice and Me
A story of loud music and shaky judgment

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

This article is for Honk Plus members only. Please click the Honk Plus button in the navigation menu to subscribe!

Read More
Music

Trevor Horn: Sonic Architect of the Eighties
The computer age's first studio wizard changed the pop radio landscape

January 29, 2021February 22, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

The Big ’80s! When you think of the pop music of that shiny plastic decade, what do you hear in your head? Chances are whatever song springs to mind will …

Read More
Music / Reviews

Three of a Kind
McCartney III keeps the home-brew vibe alive

January 11, 2021February 22, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

The Year of Our Lord 2020 will forever be remembered for its chaos, uncertainty and turmoil — but despite it all, there were still bright spots, glistening golden kernels sprinkled …

Read More
Music

The Grim Reaper’s 2020 Playlist
We lost a whole world of music

January 1, 2021February 22, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

When I first set out to compile a playlist of musicians who passed in 2020, I knew it would be a bigger task than usual, given the number of COVID-related …

Read More
Music

Down the Ol’ Rabbit Hole
Headfirst into the memory labyrinth on Christmas morning

December 25, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Rabbit holes are funny things. This morning, Christmas Day, 2020, I was goofing around on Facebook when I saw a post mentioning the ’70s song “Beautiful Sunday” by Daniel Boone. …

Read More
Music

Eternally Elvis
Reconsidering the King of Rock & Roll at 85

August 16, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Elvis Presley has now been dead longer than he lived, and in the years since his untimely passing, the cruelty of time and the whims of social change have reduced …

Read More
Music

Everybody Sings the Beatles
From 1963 to today, covering the Fabs has never gone out of style

July 28, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Warning: This article is 3100 words long and I freely admit it just barely skims the surface of the subject matter. So don’t @ me about your favorite Beatles cover …

Read More
Music

The Overlooked Underbelly of Live Aid
Everybody remembers Queen, but what about Yu Rock Mission?

July 13, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Thirty-five years ago today I called in sick to my part-time job at Long John Silver’s, cranked up my grandma’s Marantz stereo system to the max and plopped my 16-year-old …

Read More
Music

American Top 40 at 50
Casey Kasem's hit parade raised a generation on radio

July 4, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody - Leave a Comment

Today is Independence Day, 2020, and it is fair to say that times in our fair nation are cuckoo-bananas. But the date is auspicious in that it marks the 50th …

Read More
Music

Saturday Morning Bubblegum Hit Parade
A look back at the golden age of cartoon bands

June 28, 2020January 3, 2021 - by Michael Carmody

In 2020 cartoon bands routinely sell out arenas all over the world (Gorillaz), set — and then break — new album sales records for their genre (Dethklok) and even get …

Read More

Posts navigation

1 2 Next

Most Popular Posts

  • Tulsarama!
  • The Bullet, the Juice and Me
  • Skidoo at 52
  • It Takes a Planet
  • Just Like Grandma Made: Cowboy Cookies

Copyright © 2020 Honk Journal. All rights reserved.
Powered by WordPress and HitMag.