"I have always believed that music can help bring people together.  It’s crucial now that we all unite to help our friends in the Gulf Coast put their lives back together." – James Blunt Who gives a FUCK what James Blunt has to say about hurricane relief.  Isn’t that like quoting Samkon Gado, the wannabe doctor […]

Once you tell somebody the way that you feelYou can feel it beginning to easeI think it’s true what they say About the squeaky wheelAlways getting the grease After my ex-wife moved out, I played certain CDs again and again. And they revealed meaning I never knew they possessed. I truly got "It’s Alright Ma […]

1. A&M and Island Records Yes, in the early seventies Steve Ross consolidated Warner, Atlantic and Elektra into one company. But not every label with hits was owned by a corporate behemoth. Pound for pound, A&M and Island had the best records.  After all, Island delivered Bob Marley to the masses.  What has that boasting […]

Really don’t mind if you sit this one out 1 I returned from spring vacation early.  In order to go skiing at Sugarbush with my mother and little sister. It was a glorious day in the April sunshine.  But, after dropping me back at Middlebury around dinnertime, my mother and Wendy got back in the […]