Conventional wisdom is they’re irrelevant, that they have no impact, cannot reach core Republicans, but that is plain wrong. This is a lesson in media most performers have not learned, even studios have not learned, even TV streaming outlets have not learned. It’s not about dripping out episodes once a week so people don’t cancel, […]

Spotify playlist: https://spoti.fi/3O7SZtK LETTING GO I was going to do this in order, but then I thought it best to start with the McCartney solo track I play most, “Letting Go.” It was the summer of ’75, the summer of “Captain Fantastic” and “One of These Nights.” The year before had been all about “Band […]

“The Best of Buffalo Springfield: Retrospective”: https://spoti.fi/3baFhYG 1 It comes after “Rock & Roll Woman” on “Retrospective.” Funny, “Rock & Roll Woman” was why I bought the Buffalo Springfield greatest hits compilation, it was the song that sounded most like the Stephen Stills material that generated such success, that was so satisfying on the first […]

1 It was not a hit in America. One of the thrills of going to London in 1972, besides going to the Chelsea Drugstore and the record stores, like Virgin, before there was a label, was the music press. Three weekly tabloids. A cornucopia of information. Nothing was that up-to-date in the U.S. “Rolling Stone” […]