I came for the fantasy. Last night I stumbled into Felice’s house and she was watching “A Star Is Born” on TCM. I was instantly hooked because this is the way it was, when the stars were bigger and life in Los Angeles was better. I spent the latter half of the seventies at the […]

1. You don’t need to be good-looking to make it in music. The MTV era is over, kaput, history. Now it’s about the track. Who even knows what Avicii or Calvin Harris look like! Don’t be dissuaded by the ink TV competition shows garner, that’s a dying paradigm. Sure, being attractive never hurt, but having […]

Give the movie studios credit. Despite everybody over the age of twelve, maybe twenty five, clamoring for comedies and romances, stuff they can sink their teeth into, the companies refuse to do this, they continue to make the high concept, comic book dreck that these same people bitch about. But this is smart. Because the […]

Released shortly after his American debut, as “Your Song” was peaking, “Tumbleweed Connection” had no hits, but it’s Elton John’s best album. MY FATHER’S GUN It closed the first side, it’s not talked about much, but I haven’t been able to get it out of my head since my college buddy told me he was […]