I’m going to Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee… The guy on the plane next to me was in the Air Force. He got a call last night to deploy to Tennessee to fire satellites. I asked him if he was afraid of being killed. He told me he put himself in the line of fire so […]

Enough with the self-congratulatory backslapping. Despite the stratospheric ratings, the Grammys were positively antiquated, with a ton of duets/medleys and staging that was state of the art ten years ago. Look at this: 2012 – Ed Sheeran ‘Lego House’ (live) The special effects blow everything at the Grammys away. This performance makes Nicki Minaj look […]

Click quick, this should be down soon: "Prince – Original Live Reco…"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by NPG Records. This is the original version of "Purple Rain". Cut live at First Avenue. If I knew that, I’d forgotten it. That "Purple Rain" was live, along with "I Would Die […]

Was it something I said? I’m not sure, but suddenly Dylan’s all over Spotify, and in honor of his appearance I’m going to write about "New Morning", the very first Dylan album I bought. But not the first I heard. Sometimes the time is right. It was my first semester at college, and after releasing […]