Archive for 2013/04


Rhinofy-Christine McVie

Lindsey Buckingham gets all the credit. Stevie Nicks gets all the attention. But Christine McVie was the glue. She bridged the gap from obscurity to fame. Nicks twirled, but it was Christine with her understated beauty that enraptured us. And it was Christine’s track that broke the new Fleetwood Mac. Yes, “Over My Head” paved […]

The Album

It’s about the money, not the statement. Do you write ten tunes in your head every two or three years? And in between have long stretches of absolute darkness? Do you not sleep for months and then get under the covers for weeks at a time? The album is an antiquated construct that fits the […]

Then/Now-It’s Better Today Edition

THEN We had to drive to the record store on Tuesday to buy the new releases. NOW The new releases are available at midnight on the internet. THEN If you didn’t get to the store early enough, the new release sold out. Or never came into the store to begin with. NOW Music never gets […]

Andy Johns

They’re dropping like flies. That’s what they don’t tell you when you’re younger, that you’re lucky to make it to old age intact. You think you’re healthy and then you’re not. But the real story is mutations are plentiful in your body and as time goes by you wear down like an old car. You […]