“PRINCE OF DARKNESS WENT TO PLYMOUTH, summer all year long, said is this global warming or just some stupid song?” This query, which deserves a resounding double YES! answer, comes from those arch mock-rockers, Spinal Tap, on their 2009 disc, Back from the Dead. The song, “Warmer than Hell,” paints a smoldering portrait of our world superheated by global warming and too hot even for Satan to “enjoy.” Its concluding verse: “Sir Lucifer left London in his chariot of flame. What say I take the credit, then, and you shall take the blame.” After a sardonic chuckle and a little LOL, it got me to thinking about a little cult gem of an eco-conscious record from 1970, psych-rockers Spirit’s Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, so … Spinal Tap, meet Spirit. Read More »