Ian Paullin

I missed last Monday Music selection so I’ll be picking up from #17. I’m juggling quite a few things and working on a few things – one of which will hopefully be published this week. Lately, I’ve been on a 90s nostalgia kick.  

Unfortunately, I’m late again, but I’ve got a real interesting pick this week. Through Spotify, I found a cover of Soundgarden by Johnny Cash playing Rusty Cage. It’s a phenomenal interpretation. Here’s the original track from Soundgarden. Here’s the Johnny Cash version.  

Better late then never I guess. For today’s Monday Music pick, I’m going with The Distance by Cake. A great song from the 90s.

I’m not off to a great start this new year as I’m already late with this weeks Monday Music post. So without further delay, my pick for this week is from Tamacun Rodrigo and Gabriela. They’re a great acoustic guitar duo from Mexico. I’ve been listening to them for a few years off and on again. Tamacun is a very...

I’m a week behind, but I’m blaming the holidays for missing last week’s Monday Music. Last week the weather in Chicago and nearby suburbs was oddly warm, wet and cloudy. But today, we have a mix of rain and snow (aka sleet) and the clouds looming overhead make for a fairly gloomy day thus far. Today’s music is from Boards of Canada, which...

This weekend, I noticed a new documentary on Showtime: Daft Punk Unchained. It never occurred to me that I’ve been listening to them for over 15 years. Their more recent work – Random Access Memories and the Tron Legacy Soundtrack are both amazing in and beyond their own genre. I was blown away from the Tron Legacy Soundtrack as they managed to nail...