Just when we’re convinced the legal system does not work… I’ve been following the Tour de France ever since Greg LeMond emerged triumphant. This was not supposed to happen. Americans were always also-rans. But it turned out LeMond was a genetic freak. That’s what it takes to win in basketball as well as bike racing, […]

“Among The Leaves” Sun Kil Moon I couldn’t take one more play of “Touch Of Grey.” That’s what they were spinning on the Spectrum, SiriusXM’s Gen X adult alternative. Aren’t some tracks too burned out to EVER play? So I pushed the button for the baby boomer alternative station, the Loft, and heard this. And […]

Someone just emailed me about an act. Entitled _____ _______. This woman raved, as fans are wont to do. I pulled up the album on Spotify. In fifteen seconds I was done. Forty years ago, if someone gave me an album I’d play it all the way through, multiple times, waiting for it to reveal […]

Artists are supposed to lead, not follow. How come they’re still making albums? Did you see that Rihanna topped the British charts last week after selling 9,578 copies of her album “Talk That Talk”? This in a country of 60 million! It was the lowest sales number in history! Let’s blame it on the public. […]