Email Author John Jesitus

2000 Stories by John Jesitus

• Dick Weissman and Gary Keiski

  published December 14, 2000

  On his latest offering, former Colorado picker and current Oregon resident Dick Weissman offers eighteen instrumentals that bring to mind bygone... More >>

• Scorpions/Berliner Philharmoniker

  published December 7, 2000

  You know a metal band's in bad shape when it hasn't topped the charts in nigh a decade and even its designated pretty boy's been sporting baseball... More >>

• Various Artists

  published September 28, 2000

  This heartfelt tribute to the man known as the father of bluegrass is at its best when the performers involved manage to infuse Monroe's material... More >>

• Bon Jovi

  published September 21, 2000

  The main difference between these discs is that one doesn't suck nearly as badly as it ought to, while the other does -- and then some. In the... More >>

• Various Artists

  published July 27, 2000

  Released to counter the popular perception of Woody Guthrie as a blissed-out wastrel whose main contribution to American music was to provide... More >>

• Ian Astbury

  published July 6, 2000

  Whether it's the result of a karmic quirk or of nostalgic indulgence on the part of rock fans, there's no denying that Astbury's career suddenly... More >>

• The Smashing Pumpkins

  published April 20, 2000

  Leave it to Pumpkinhead Billy Corgan to attempt in just over 73 minutes his own dark twist on what it took English poet John Milton several pounds... More >>

• Little Steven

  published March 2, 2000

  A pulsating platter of cock rock with a conscience, Little Steven's latest is a sometimes glorious study in self-indulgence. From the left-wing... More >>