Feb 17, 2021Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1988How do you condense a pivotal year in your musical development into one 26-song mixtape? You don't. But here it is anyway.
Feb 2, 2021Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1998What kind of songs does someone need when they're on the cusp of real adulthood? We're about to find out.
Jan 18, 2021Surgical Focus: An Appreciation of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Masterwork, Brain Salad SurgeryRetro-January continues with a heartfelt appreciation for the maligned power trio's masterpiece!
Jan 16, 2021New Year's Kiss: Memories of My First Rock ConcertWhat was your first rock concert? Mine was 43 years ago today. Kiss at Chicago Stadium, 1978.
Dec 30, 20202020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Last Words on a Dream YearThe last post of 2020! Our favorite EPs, Song Titles, Album Titles, and some Positive Takeaways from 2020, too! Plus much more!
Dec 21, 20202020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Annual Mixtapes Ft. Our Favorite Songs of the Year They're here! Our Favorite Songs of 2020 Mixtapes! The only thing better than listening to great songs is reading about them! So enjoy!
Dec 15, 20202020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 50 Favorite Records of the Year2020 is coming to end! How do we know? Because it's time for our annual Top 50 albums list. (And because it's late December.) Read on!
Dec 8, 20202020 YEAR IN REVIEW: Our 25 Favorite Album Covers of the Year (and 10 of the worst)The Pickled Priest loves album art. We start our fond look back at 2020 with a review of our favorite, and least favorite, album covers.
Nov 12, 2020Pickled Priest Mixtape: God Loves a Drunk (The Bottle and the Damage Done)If you've been wearing out the path to your liquor cabinet since mid-March, you're not alone. I've been working at home since then and my...
Nov 9, 2020Priest Picks #26: 24-Hour Party People & the Power of the PollsWelcome to week #26 of Priest Picks. I spent a disproportionate amount of time watching election results this week and not pursuing my...
Nov 3, 2020Priest Picks #25: Criminal Clowns, Golden Girls, & Poisoned PotablesWelcome to week #25 of Priest Picks. This week finds us with a new Springsteen album in our grubby paws and we've spent a lot quality...
Oct 28, 2020Cover Story #2: Pickled Priest Album Art Spotlight / The Best of Blue Note RecordsIt happened again the other day. I got all wrapped up in my embarrassingly small stack (relative to the catalog) of Blue Note vinyl....
Oct 26, 2020Priest Picks #24: Aborted Introverts, Golden Gods, & Brazilian Serial KillersWelcome to week #24 of Priest Picks. After a quick trip south, way south, for a great live show (how great it is to even write that...
Oct 20, 2020Priest Picks #23: Prolific, Protean, Pollard, & PerfectionWelcome to week #23 of Priest Picks. This week we examine the pros and cons of prolificacy. On one hand, it’s a good year to crank out an...
Oct 18, 2020Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1974Ah, 1974! Another shit show year from our glorious past! Of course, that applied to almost everything but the music. The music was...
Oct 12, 2020Priest Picks #22: Our Weekly Top 10Welcome to week #22 of Priest Picks. This was a particularly harsh week for those of us who appreciate guitar heroics. But better to have...
Oct 5, 2020Priest Picks #21: Our Weekly Top 10 (Special Top 18 Edition)Welcome to week #21 of Priest Picks. This has been a busy week here as we do some catch-up maintenance in preparation for winter. So...
Sep 28, 2020Priest Picks #20: Our Favorite Songs of Q3 MixtapeWelcome to week #20 of Priest Picks! At the end of each fiscal quarter (March, June, and Sept) I’m going to put together a “Favorite...
Sep 26, 2020Cover Story: Pickled Priest Album Art Spotlight / Bruce SpringsteenWe love album art, so today Pickled Priest is starting a regular series that focuses exclusively on the visual aspect of music. We...
Sep 21, 2020Priest Picks #19: Our Weekly Top 10Welcome to week #19 of Priest Picks. Instead of blowing a gasket this week, I again opted to take refuge in my default vices: rock and...
Sep 16, 2020Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 2015The second decade of this century has been a blur. As I was choosing songs for this tape I realized that if I was quizzed on the year...
Sep 14, 2020Priest Picks #18: Our Weekly Top 10Welcome to week #18 of Priest Picks! Thanks for tolerating me last week—I had some issues my team of therapists told me I needed to...
Sep 7, 2020Priest Picks #17: Top 10 "Pet Peeves" EditionWelcome to week #17 of Priest Picks. This week I switch gears for a few moments to introduce a regular diversion I’m going to call...
Sep 3, 2020Pickled Priest Mixtape: Our Favorite Songs of 1962This is the first mixtape in our Yearly Mixtape Series where we weren’t even born yet when the music first was released. Hence, every...