If you’re a bassist, and you own a Rick, this might just hit home. If not, you’ve got to love the music I use to prove my point. … Read More Point-Counterpoint – My Love/Hate Relationship With My Rickenbacker 4001
Follow the link to find out if were the 1980s the best time to be a young drummer? Totally! Your agreement is coming in the air tonight.… Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 8: “Drum Riffs of the 1980s”
What sort of “peanut butter meets chocolate” moment happens when when a man obsessed with King Crimson befriends a woman with a serious passion for Taylor Swift?… Read More Story Time With J-Dub: Episode 13 – The Day I Lost My Taylor Swift “Virginity”
A tale involving a couple tons of stainless steel, socket wrenches, rubber mallets, basketball, and “BBBBRRRRRRRRRTTT -BBRRT -BBRRT -BRRRT!” … Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 7: “Low Rider”
For those of you who are sick of Christmas music;, pass on Jingle Belles for some belles of bass. I promise not one of them is named Carol.… Read More The Belles of Bass: Twelve of My Favorite Female Four-Stringers
Being a sailor is dangerous. So is being a gambler. Imagine being the place where those two things come together…… Read More The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2023: The “Gales of November ” Edition
When it comes to gambling, some say fools Rush in. But sometimes it’s better to Fly By Night…because All the World’s a Stage…for gamblers.… Read More The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2023: The “Moving Lines, Part II” Edition
When betting lines move, both gamblers and their cardiologists can have heart attacks.… Read More The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2023: The “Moving Lines” Edition
Which burns easier: Pasty Brits in the mid-day sun, or gamblers leaning on road underdogs?… Read More The J-Dub Gambling Challenge 2023: The “Road Dogs and Englishmen” Edition
Comedian Ron White once said “You can’t fix stupid.” I’m here to tell you, it’s much worse when the stupidity is your own. … Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 5: The “Grease” Soundtrack
The kind of holiday story you’re only going to get at Dubsism. This whiny song asked if Ethiopians knew it was Christmas, until one gave me the definitive explanation as to when Christmas really is. … Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 4: “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
Sex, Drugs, and Pop-Folk? Only at Dubsism can a cheese-bag 80s hit brought to you by Casey Kasem lead to a lesson in neurophysiology.… Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 3: “Luka”
Another song-related story from the Cul-De-Sacs of 1980’s Southern California. Maybe it’s appropriate for Valentine’s Day, and maybe it isn’t. You be the judge…… Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 2: “Suddenly Last Summer”
The first installment in a new series about songs tied to specific memories. Today’s tale is one of juvenile delinquency on the eve of the Reagan administration.… Read More Misty Water-Colored Memories – Episode 1: “Breaking The Law”
This year has another eclectic mix of candidates, and J-Dub is offering his opinions. Check it out and cast your own ballot!… Read More Your Dubsism 2020 Rock and Roll Hall Fame Ballot
Find out why Christmas music reminds of two girls I knew who probably grew up to join a lesbian terrorist group.… Read More Exposing the Annoying Nature of Another 20 Popular, Yet Terrible Christmas Songs
This year has a eclectic mix of candidates, and J-Dub is offering his opinions. Check it out and cast your own ballot!… Read More Your Dubsism 2018 Rock and Roll Hall Fame Ballot
Tired of talking politics? Come vote on something fun for a change!… Read More Your Dubsism Rock and Roll Hall Fame Ballot
When you are a kid, two things that get your juices going are music and sports. Face it, being good at either was the ticket to Chick-town, and since I was 14 with enough testosterone surging through my veins to kill a man in his 50’s, I got involved in both because I was taking… Read More The Deep Six: “Old School” Rhythm Sections and Their Sporting Equivalents
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