I opened a few shows for Meat Loaf in 1977 or 78 (wish I had kept better archives) when “Bat Out of Hell” was breaking and most impressive to me was that both Mr. Loaf (as they NY Times called him) and the brilliant Jim Steinman were both warm and welcoming and even seemed to […]

Dead is dead. Two days ago, nobody was talking about Meat Loaf. Two days from now they won’t be either, unless it’s to say he was an anti-vaxxer. “Bat Out of Hell” was successful for one reason and one reason only, Steve Popovich. Pop was a legendary promo man at CBS Records who left to […]

This is a victory for the little guy. You see there are two tiers of justice in America, one for the rich and one for the poor. The rich skate while the poor plea bargain and go to jail. And everybody knows it. It’s not like this paradigm has been hidden. That’s what the O.J. […]

He was a self-satisfied blowhard, but he had a window… You had to see “The Last Picture Show.” Not because of any special effects, not because of the look, but because of the performances, because of the story. “The Last Picture Show” impacted the culture. Today’s superhero comic book movies do not. It’s kind of […]