Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


American Nightmare

Netflix trailer: https://rb.gy/sokfq5 This is a hot new doc. It passes the RottenTomatoes test with a rating of 95/92. Anything that goes into the nineties in both the critics’ and audience ratings floats my boat, is worth checking out. And it’s an excellent viewing experience. For a while there, you’ll be on the edge of […]

Melanie

1 There was a moment there when she was hip. I became aware of her back in ’69, with her song “Beautiful People.” I can’t tell you where I heard it. Possibly on AM. But probably on FM. By that time I was totally hooked. There was the progenitor in New York, WOR. And then […]

The Death Of Pitchfork

This is not a harbinger of what’s to come, this is the last gasp of a dead paradigm. In other words, record reviews are history. We needed them. Because there was no way to hear most of the music. We needed guidance before we laid down our cold hard cash. And we got to the […]

Everything’s Inviolate

If I mention anything about Trump, I’m accused of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” from his acolytes. If I write anything about Taylor Swift, absolutely anything, I hear from her fans that I’m a hater. This is the America we now live in. Black and white. Or should I say red and blue. Everybody’s got a tribe, […]