They were there to see Eric.  If he played fast and grimaced, the audience leapt to its feet.  It was like Winwood was a sideman, living in Slowhand’s shadow.
But I was there to see Steve.
You’ll be impressed if you go to see Clapton.  He assumes no airs and doesn’t battle those competing with him.  He [...]

Fever Ray "When I Grow Up"
I heard this flipping the channels on Sirius.  More specifically, I heard it on XMU.
You know how you hear something good and keep waiting for the bad part, to let you down, to disqualify it?  Well that didn’t happen here.
I whipped out my pen and wrote down the title.
This morning [...]

I’m immune to mainstream hype.
When you e-mail me about your show, your project, I just delete it.
And I’m not alone.
We stumble upon information now.  We start with our trusted resources and see where they lead.
I follow Thomas Meyer on Twitter.  Not because I love Sonos, which I do, I use it every day, but because [...]

Ross didn’t want me to sit next to Jimmy Page.  Based on what I’d written on my WEBSITE!
But I love Led Zeppelin!  I just didn’t want to see them reunite and ruin the legacy.  It’s tragic that John Lennon and George Harrison are deceased, but we’re saved from the spectacle of old men traipsing around [...]