Puzzled Pianist

Links: My favorite Internet Reading

Acclaimed Music

A professional statistician has compiled all critics' best-of lists--from Rolling Stone to obscure Dutch rock mags--to develop this overall consensus of the best rock songs and albums of all time. This amazing list can be viewed by decade, year or "All Time". He regularly updates the list and keeps an active forum for music nuts like me. I can spend hours perusing this website.

Reason to Rock: Rock Music as Art Form

Excellent paper on the cultural function of rock. Clarifies some of the posits made in Greil Marcus' Mystery Train.

Best songs of all times

Self-appointed rock critic/historian. Writes in Italian, but much of the site has been translated. Makes the point that much music that Americans commonly consider standards are virtually unknown in Europe and vice versa. His lists of best songs and albums of all time include some delightfully obscure choices, many of which I am still discovering.

allmusic

Comprehensive music encyclopedia. All but the truly obscure can be found here, with great trivia and fine criticism.

Alan W. Pollack's Notes on ... Series

Alan W. Pollack, a music theorist, has recognized the Beatles' harmonic vocabulary and written a complete harmonic and structural analysis of every song in their catalog. Essential reading for any musician or student of harmony.

indie 103.1 fm

Southern California's best rock station! Don't settle for tired "Classic Rock" with its suffocatingly short playlists, nor KROQ with its macho posturing. Try something fun and fresh. Everything rock and roll should be.

In The Attic: The Official Greil Marcus Home Page

Possibly the most innovative rock critic alive, Marcus set a new standard in the field with his 1975 masterpiece Mystery Train - Images of America in Rock'n'Roll Music, How does rock communicate the American myth to its audience? Any modern discussion of rock artists necessarily refers to the discoveries made here.