Jimmy Shoes.  That’s what they called Jimmy Iovine in the studio. They laughed at him behind his back.  Without a college degree, driving a Mercedes-Benz coupe, needing to work his way up the ladder. Yes, Jimmy needed it.  We can analyze why, but that’s not important.  Iovine’s drive brought him to the top.  From Shelly […]

From: Andrew Loog OldhamSubject: Re: Mitch Mitchell bob;the cruel master indeed.no one up above warned the invincibles of the road they’d have to hoe.guess mitch was not up to signing on for the next episode.as i’m sure you know the hendrix experience, with mike jeffries , was really brutal. quite a suppressor and difficult to […]

I once stood in line with him for the bathroom. It was at Ken Scott’s house.  Remember Ken Scott?  Worked with everybody from Bowie to Supertramp? Anyway, at the time Ken and his wife lived over the hill, just off of Laurel Canyon.  They had one of those pools with the natural rocks jutting up […]

I can’t remember not having a subscription to the "New Yorker". But that doesn’t mean I read it.  That doesn’t mean I don’t miss many articles encased between its covers.  I originally subscribed because of Pauline Kael.  You could feel her passion.  You knew she wanted to like movies, there was nothing better than a […]