This is not really my thing. But I find myself deeply affected. I won’t say the Beastie Boys were the Beatles of their generation, but they too tested limits and were decried by oldsters and embraced by youngsters. Their party anthem was ubiquitous on MTV when that channel still meant something. And unlike too many […]

The media talked about Dick Clark. The people talked about Levon Helm. He didn’t do it to become famous, certainly not rich. His parents didn’t buy him the best equipment available, they didn’t dun everybody they came in contact with, saying how great a player he was and he deserved to make it, no, Levon […]

Am I the only one with mixed emotions? I guess what I hate most is those copycat awards shows, you know, the AMAs and the ACMs. They watered down the essence. They confused the populace. They were all about the money. Maybe I was too young for "American Bandstand". Or maybe I was the beneficiary […]

The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young "When You Gonna Wake Up"Bob Dylan You can buy these albums, in this case "Slow Train Coming", but as time flies by it becomes clear they’re going to be forgotten. Not like "Tubthumping", which someone e-mailed me about last night. I’m not […]