Archive for 2008/10


Boat On The Charles

The first two Todd Rundgren albums were released on Ampex, the tape manufacturer’s foray into recorded music.  The debut, with "We Gotta Get You A Woman", was released in multiple iterations, not intentionally.  Your cover might not square with what was on the disc.  What appeared on the second album coincided with the track listing, […]

From An Artist

Hi Bob, just a quick email to say: you rock, I love reading your letters and thank you! As an artist working in this crazy industry (Jem – ATO records), I am happy to say from the beginning I have always marched, actually I should probably say skipped, to the beat of my own drum. […]

Jesus Was A Democrat

A rock star is not someone who takes the temperature, who gauges the marketplace before he creates his "art".  A rock star is someone who needs to create and is willing to tolerate the haters along with the fans.  He’s someone who incites controversy just by existing.  That’s what we lost in the dash for […]

Clive Davis

John Lennon was murdered.  Tupac and Biggie too.  But their music lives on.  Played every day on the radio, spun in homes around the world.  Clive Davis still walks the planet, but we haven’t heard a peep out of him in months, the press has moved on.  David Cook is making his album without his […]