By: Brandon "Klouse" Fatstacks Golf Expert Analyst "Real" 2020: Best time of the year! I call the Masters the second sign of Spring. The first sign is of course being March Madness! Especially after Michigan State dominates the tourney to....... ***Covid enters chat room*** Alternate 2020: Well here we go in November about to have... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 Musical Training Plan Day 7- “The College Dropout” by Kanye West
I have so much to say about this album, and I don't know where to start, so I'll just get something important out of the way: I try to not let my own personal biases play into my MTP recommendations too much. I try to have a big variety, include different things for people to... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 6- “Ready to Die’ by the Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls or the Notorious B.I.G. was a rare kind of game changing talent. Many people know of the infamous "27 club", a group of artists including the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse who were hugely successful and influential but perished at the young... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 5- Taylor Swift’s Self Titled Debut
I told you this one would be different from the last ones. Let's just get this out of the way early: Taylor Swift was 16 years old when her debut album released. She wrote or co-wrote every one of the 15 songs that comprise the album's 53 minute runtime in her freshman year of high... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 4- “Music From the Big Pink” by The Band
There were 2 reactions to seeing what today's album is. You either thought to yourself "what is this? I've never heard of it." or "Oh hell yeah this album rules!" Hopefully after today there are a few more people who have the latter reaction when they see this album than there were before. I feel... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 3- “Is This It” by The Strokes
We're on day 3 now, and we have another rock album. Anybody who knows me well knows my deep affection for rock and roll, and considering that last month all 7 albums were primarily pop, I couldn't help but include a lot of rock albums, and believe me, we aren't out of the woods yet.... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 2- “Are You Experienced” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Jimi Hendrix is special. There's no way around that. I selected this album for a purpose other than that Jimi Hendrix is awesome, though, although it certainly helps. The real reason that today's album is Jimi's 1967 landmark of Psychedelic Rock , Are You Experienced is so that I can make a point. So far... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2020 MTP Day 1- Appetite for Destruction by Guns N’ Roses
When the first song on a band's first album is one of the rockingest, most blistering, pulse pounding, shreddingest, most absolutely electric pure rock anthems of all time, you know that you're looking at a special group. For the uninitiated, I am referring to "Welcome to the Jungle" a song that is more or less... Continue Reading →
November 2020 Musical Training Plan- Great Debuts
When it comes to art, nobody can ever be sure when, or if, they will be able to produce something really awesome. For most artists of any medium, it takes a minute to find their stride. Particularly in the realm of music, it isn't uncommon for a group or musician to take a few years... Continue Reading →
Pumpkin Spice Mocha @ Amen Corner: First look Down Magnolia Lane for the FALL MASTERS
By Klouse Fatstacks Sports Golf Expert Analyst Usually this time of the year around October and going into the Winter, my caring about golf craters HARDCORE until about April. Typically there are not many big tourneys on the tour worth noting in the fall/winter until the time of the normal April Masters. As far as... Continue Reading →