The older you get the harder it is to fathom how fast time seemingly moves. When I look back at all the amazing metal albums released in 1996 I have a hard time comprehending that they are each celebrating their silver anniversary this year. Yet here we sit. Twenty-five years ago I was putting in … More 1996: 25 Heavy Albums From 25 Years Ago
In previous years I was very strict in my belief that any ‘best of’ list should be reserved for full-length albums. While, I maintained that rule for the three lists we already posted in 2020 – Connecticut albums, Metal albums, and Americana albums – the amount of stellar EPs I found myself gravitating to this … More 2020 Non-Metal EPs of the Year
In past years we’ve done a companion year-end list to our annual heavy metal one where we dump everything else “non-metal” into one bucket. It always wound up being a smorgasbord of genres – country, folk, blues, indie rock, neo-classical – you name it, it was probably represented. This year I decided to switch things … More 2020 Americana Albums of the Year
While the Covid Times hung over everything like the darkest pall, the metal world thankfully kept churning out noteworthy albums. What follows below is my personal list of my favorite full-length release from this past calendar year. While I’m loathe to call this a “best of” list simply because I’m one person and can’t possibly … More 2020 Metal Albums of the Year
For the last couple years I was tasked with putting together a list similar to this one for the Hartford Courant. Knowing in advance that I would be assigned this monumental task I made a special effort to scour the web and listen to literally every Connecticut-based album I could find across every genre imaginable. … More 2020 Connecticut Albums of the Year
We roll on with our series of revisiting and ranking the back catalogues of some of our favorite metal acts. Last summer The Candyman and I ranked every Iron Maiden album, only to find that we drastically differed on some and were in lock step on others. A couple months ago we tackled the studio … More The Metal Dad’s Album Rankings: Slayer
Last summer the 13-year old (known as The Candyman for you Metal Dad Radio Show listeners) sat down with the entire Iron Maiden discography and ranked the albums from our least favorite to most cherished. We had a blast and ever since have been kicking around the idea of doing it with other bands. After … More The Metal Dad’s Album Rankings: Bolt Thrower
For over a decade now the last weekend in April has been one of my favorite weekends on the calendar. It’s the weekend of the Meriden Daffodil Festival, a two-day festival held in the central Connecticut town of Meriden at their gorgeous Hubbard Park. Yes, there are vendors, carnival rides, tons of fried foods, and … More The Meriden Daffodil Festival
Horror Movie Redux is a recurring column where the teenagers and I revisit some of the horror movies from my youth. Today we tackle an absolute campy classic, 1987’s The Lost Boys. Directed by Joel Schumacher, in his first foray into the horror genre (and coming off the monumental success of St. Elmo’s Fire), The … More Horror Movie Redux: The Lost Boys
Over the last year my older kids and I have been watching a lot of classic horror movies. Now is as good a time as any to revive this series where we take a look at some of these iconic gems. This time around we tackle John Carpenter’s 1982 classic, The Thing. Based on the … More Horror Movie Redux: The Thing
