Indulgence, Inc.: A Tribute To Motley Crue CD

Johnny or J.B. Pariah is a book-smart and streetwise writer out of Chicago who fuses music with literary poetics and/or works. Credits include his self-penned show, Dubliners in Song, a Celticabaret of verse and song based on James Joyce's short stories and performed in the Chicago area. And he is finishing up a novel with roots in Sir James Frazier's The Golden Bough. Titled Rain Gods, it's an existential coming-of-age story about the quest of a would-be rock star to become the next 'rain god,' or rock-idol substitute for God. Singer in the Rye is his debut compact disc. About the album . . . Singer in the Rye carries one step further the rock-folk tradition of Guthrie, Dylan, Springsteen, Reed, Waits, the Doors, & Patti Smith, among others, by crossing it with the literary tradition of T.S. Eliot, ee cummings, Wallace Stevens, Joseph Conrad, and J.D. Salinger, to name a few. From the "golden-arched and neon-crossed" roads of America to the dark streets of the Latin King, the songs cross the spirit of rock with the aesthetics of poetry and the intellectual bent of the philosopher, producing art works that deepen with every look instead of disintegrating. SINGER IN THE RYE COMPANIONROAD AMERICA (rock)Its title inspired by a race track in Wisconsin, this tune in the road song tradition takes a wry look at the great American dream for a house in the sticks & a life on cruise control with conveniently located shopping malls and golden-arched restaurants.