Well not really.  Technically we’re in Groningen, which is two hours away.  For Eurosonic-Noorderslag. Funny how you can get in a tube and end up halfway across the world.  You’re reading your domestic papers and suddenly you emerge through the fog into a foreign land. And it is foggy.  Reminds me of nothing so much […]

Maybe he’ll get it right next time. You had to buy "City to City".  For "Baker Street". Famous for Raphael Ravenscroft’s solo, that was not the song’s only magic.  Starting like a sunrise, evidencing the hope that only music can exude, "Baker Street" is as good as any movie ever made, yet it’s a record. […]

I heard he was sick… I’m not sure Frank Zappa is going to be remembered, to a great extent he’s already been forgotten. But if you don’t own the first few albums, you’re missing out.  "You Didn’t Try To Call Me", from both the very first album, "Freak Out", and the doo-wop remake on Ruben […]

Distraction is the spice of life. To tell you the truth, I usually put it differently, I say "Digression is the spice of life."  And I truly believe that.  The story is much less important than the nuance.  Just the facts ma’am?  I hate that, it’s so boring, that’s like reading the newspaper.  Informational, but […]