What if I told you this book was full of tech talk, read like a manual and was filled with arcane details…would you read it anyway? I DID! Ken Caillat was smart enough to get a cowriter, unlike Carole King. And he’s not afraid to sling shit, some of the stories about Lindsey Buckingham will […]

History never repeatsI tell myself before I go to sleep "History Never Repeats"Split Enz They’re testifying online about "I Feel Love", the Donna Summer hit from 1977. So I decided to play it. And instantly realized this sounds just as modern today as it did when it was cut, that this is the sound filling […]

XM’s got a better buffer, but Sirius has better audio quality. So, usually I’m on XM, because I abhor the dropouts. Then again, my XM receiver lacks one feature, the button that would allow you to climb up the band station by station. I only get that with Sirius. And every once in a while, […]

The first time I heard Donna Summer I was living in Utah. We stopped by Al’s cousin’s house. She played "Love To Love You Baby". I hated it. I had to. Back when rock still mattered, disco sucked. Which makes it hard to explain why I loved Prince’s "Dirty Mind", but before that, I ended […]