“Mechanical World” I heard this on WDRC FM, out of Hartford, Connecticut. It was a rite of passage. You wanted to get closer to the music. Your old record player with the heavy tonearm you put a nickel upon no longer did the trick, albums were in stereo, you had to hear it all, so […]

“David Carr, Times Critic and Champion of Media, Dies at 58” Monday will never be the same. Actually, Sunday. That’s when I kept refreshing the “New York Times” app on my phone, waiting for Carr’s column to appear. There will now be a hole in my life where Carr’s column used to be. We only […]

Everybody hated them. I did not. But there were no hooks, no moments that drove me to the computer, that made me want to write to you. It turns out everybody’s disappointed that their music wasn’t featured. Or, if it was, it was featured in a bastardized way. They’ve had enough of the “Grammy Moments,” […]

And if my thought dreams could be seen They’d probably put my head in a guillotine “It’s Alright, Ma, (I’m Only Bleeding)” What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where Bob Dylan comes back from the dead and delivers the paramount rock and roll experience of the twenty first century? That’s […]