Archive for 2026/01


Been Undone

You have to hear this in hi-res. I was listening on Spotify and it sounded like the music was filtered through steel wool, but when I pulled it up in Amazon, in what they call ULTRA HD, all the detritus was cleared away and the music was pure. Then again, I wasn’t listening on earbuds, […]

Singles vs. a Body of Work

I was driving in my car earlier today and I ended up on the 10s Spot, SiriusXM’s station that features music from the 2010s. That wasn’t my intention. Actually, I was switching from the news band to one of the music bands, I wanted to dial in John Mayer’s channel, but I must have hit […]

1929

You don’t want to read this book. I’m only bothering to write about it because it’s been on the best seller list for months. Books are not like music, you don’t get to experience it before you buy it, so with the accolades and sales many people are purchasing this book, and I won’t say […]

Bob Weir

1 He was the cute one. The history of the Grateful Dead is presently well-known, but at the turn of the decade, from ’69 to ’70, that was not the case. The Dead were a fringe band from San Francisco which had a deal with a major label but had no radio hits, never mind […]