Earlier this year my brother Jonathan and I chatted at length about the poor state of commercial radio today. We reminded each other of our childhood dreams and passions. How years ago we dreamed and...
If you are a Mac user, use iTunes and exhibit some of the anal retentive behavior that would open the door to realizing the true potential of iTunes and the iPod, the you should read this twice. Your...
For those that know me well, you can vouch for my distaste and therefore very restrained if never present, television viewing. But somehow I found myself bouncing off the walls of my living room with...
For those that know me well, you can vouch for my distaste and therefore very restrained if never present, television viewing. But somehow I found myself bouncing off the walls of my living room with...
I followed Doc's link to the London Times this morning. And I read John le Carré 's “The United States Has Gone Mad”. And for the sake of clarity, I tend to steer away...
I followed Doc's link to the London Times this morning. And I read John le Carré 's “The United States Has Gone Mad”. And for the sake of clarity, I tend to steer away...
Legendary musician and leader of British supergroup The Who, Pete Townshend says he's not a pedophile. The news and tabloids are having a bit too much fun with this story. Yet Townshend admitted...
“This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to...
Using your PC to download and listen to MP3s? Glad I have a Mac. I wouldn't want to get one of these. Nasty stuff. I wonder when the conspiracy theorists call foul play at the DMCA promoters...
My earlier post on the new Doors? Well, it appears Stew has gone and thrown the whole rebirth into a tailspin. Thanks to Chuck for the link. I didn't really want to go to Vegas for my birthday...
Chuck Dolan enlightens me that The Doors are back. Ok. Maybe Jim never made it out of that bathtub. And the groupies still make a mess of the Paris cemetery where Jim rests. […] not recommended...
Rob Eccles pointed me to one of the funniest live TV bloopers I've seen in a while. Even if you don't care about Jennifer Lopez's new song or her heritage, just watch this. (requires...
David Gilmour released a feature-length DVD (David Gilmour: In Concert) on Thursday memorializing his solo performance with a semi-acoustic band at the Meltdown Festival show held in June 2001 at the...
Through a wild string of events and blind circumstance, I was invited to attend a Songwriters Guild of America event at 14 Below in Santa Monica. In this cramped club that is haphazardly joined to...
Music producer Tom Dowd, who died on Sunday, achieved prominence for making some of the finest recordings for Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers. But he had a hand...
Old rockers inevitably end up exploring or returning to the roots of music and as such the Americana “movement” continues to grow. On Tuesday Mark Knopfler's third solo effort was...