MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Category Archives: Grunge
Chris Cornell, Salina, Kansas, Dec. 10 [Wistful Review]
You’re just not prepared for the voice. Gone are the days when grunge music powered MTV and FM radio. Once, Cornell’s Soundgarden stood alongside giants Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains as the acts who dethroned Michael Jackson and … Continue reading
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Tagged Audioslave, Chris Cornell, Kansas, Salina, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog
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Young men, there’s no place you can go…
Selection Sunday looms only two weeks away, and I know you’ve frantically been refreshing your browsers, yearning for Mister Faded Glory’s annual pre-tournament guide to Who’s Gonna Win. Well, sorry, but I failed you. But, as always, it wasn’t totally … Continue reading
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Come Back Down
No. 4: Why doesn’t anyone believe in loneliness? Stand up and everyone will feel your wholeness. Soundgarden, Zero Chance. So, yeah. This is turning into a depressing countdown, and I hate feeling like I need to quote High Fidelity: Am … Continue reading
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And I don’t even know how this post got off the track
… before tonight’s must-win. Actually, what am I saying? They’re all must-wins. But, our universe doesn’t revolve around the Cubs. It revolves around our hair. And if you’ve met us, or (shudder) went to college with us and our much-maligned … Continue reading
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The countdown to triple-X begins
That oughta boost my readership. Anyway, it’s now the dog days of summer (I think), and along with those come another fun-filled, hopelessly narcisisstic and whiny, and completely indulgent Mister Faded Glory Countdown! You remember last year, as we counted … Continue reading
Posted in Grunge, Melancholy, Thirty before thirty
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Scary’s on the wall?
I don’t know if fall is as pronounced a “new season” as its cousins spring, summer, and winter. Sure, it begins new school years everywhere, new television seasons, and football and electoral campaigns. However, it’s also the time of year … Continue reading
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HAVE I RUN TOO FAR TO GET HOME? . . . GRUNGEDOWN NO. 1
Obviously, today’s Grungedown is significant not only just for capping off the most inane and meaningless drawn-out narcissistic countdown in history. Rather, in addition the crown also is another feather in the cap of the greatest, most precisely “grunge” band … Continue reading
Grungedown No. 2: From the mouths of decadents . . .
Can you believe it? It’s just one week until Mr. Faded Glory makes the pilgrimage to Seattle, Washington. One week! Sadly, that’s not a segue. Right now those pesky Barenaked Ladies are running through your mind, but campy song classic … Continue reading
Grungedown No. 3 – You Knew It Was Coming
No. 3. Pearl Jam, Porch. Absolutely and unequivocally Pearl Jam‘s greatest song. In fact, what more can I actually write about this, except to include it as the No. 3 Grunge Rock song of all time. As a personal favor … Continue reading
Looking California … Grungedown, No. 4
And feeling Minnesota … Our No. 4 entry into grungedown is Soundgarden’s arrival song: 4. Soundgarden, Outshined. Grunge’s heaviest arena band burst onto the scene with the rest of its cohorts with the release of Outshined, a huge, thundering, arena-rock … Continue reading
Grungedown, No. 5
Welcome to Grungedown’s Top Five – lest you think all of our remaining cuts somehow melted in the aforementioned sweltering, stifling midsummer heat wave, we’re back! On a Friday, no less. But, of course, because we’re about to bid adieu … Continue reading
Grungedown No. 6
Yeah, I know, where is the Cubs manifesto? Well, I gave it some thought. I’m still working on it, but ultimately I figured, hey, if the Cubs are in no rush to change their culture, then why should I break … Continue reading
Grungedown No. 7
NUMBER SEVEN: Alice In Chains, We Die Young. Grunge’s most metal band checks in with grunge’s most unruly and rambunctious tune. Not surprisingly, it was Alice‘s debut single. Alternating between cocksure ferocity and fearful warning, it’s fast, catchy, and a … Continue reading
Daft coverage revisited, plus Grungedown No. 8
Yes, I titled today’s post just so you would all know that yesterday’s title was a bad pun and not a typo. I don’t do typos. Anyway, daft Draft fun isn’t just a one-day event – the comedy spills over … Continue reading
Nineteen hundred and ninety-six…
We’re closing in on the Official Ten-Year High School Reunion of Mr. Faded Glory. Somehow (Er, after a drunken boast), yours truly is helping plan much of the logistics of the grand event — even though I narrowly lost class … Continue reading
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