Chicago II – Spotify We wanted to get closer to the music. We grew up in an era where music came out of a small speaker in the dashboard, a tiny speaker on the side of the all-in-one record player in our bedroom, the muffled speaker on the front of the console in the living […]

Colbert beat Fallon. This is astounding news, since Colbert’s show was a disaster that required the hiring of an executive producer, and was an endeavor far from what made Colbert a star to begin with. Colbert made it on politics. Playing a character. Having an edge. And then he went on at 11:30 on CBS […]

Steven Wilson’s Benefit – Spotify RADIOACTIVE TOY Prog rock bands were kind of like hair bands. They ascended from nowhere and imploded overnight. And one can argue that the pretentiousness killed prog rock, the capes and the multi-sided albums, but unlike hair bands, prog rock did not begin with cynicism, rather it was an exploration, […]

I went to public school. When taxes were high, there was enough paper for the mimeo machine and Mr. McCann taught music in the basement. We pledged allegiance, learned that anybody could be President, but it don’t really happen that way at all anymore. Ever get the feeling the game is rigged? Those who voted […]