If only Doug Morris knew how to use a computer. I’m still reading the responses to my "Leukemia" missive.  I appreciate the good will.  But I’m reading slowly not only because the missives are all personal, directed specifically to me, but because I’m learning so much. I heard from Steven Page, formerly of the Barenaked […]

I’ve got it. And I was just as stunned as you are. Oh, where to begin… I guess with my annual checkup.  Don’t get one?  You should.  I questioned my internist a few years back.  Told him that I read in the "New York Times" that it was unnecessary.  He was taken aback.  Breaking the […]

So he starts telling Beatle stories. Yup, he knew McCartney back in ’62, in London.  He and Lennon couldn’t write for shit.  Credit George Martin for teaching them how.  Hell, Irving Green could have had the first album, but he didn’t want it!  Who was interested in a band that couldn’t write its own material! […]

Yes, it’s been ten years.  And I’m not one for lists.  But in magazines and newspapers decade-ending rankings have started to appear.  Best movies, best TV shows and best songs.  So I thought I’d weigh in. Some have maxed out all their credit cardsSome are working two jobs and living in carsMinimum wage won’t pay […]