What could be better than hearing “Good Vibrations” on a hot summer night in America’s premier outdoor concert venue? Hearing “California Girls” for the very first time? “I Get Around” hooked me. I was an avid bowler. I lived to knock down the pins. I was in a league on Saturday and every Friday Mr. […]

Their Syd Barrett LPs made nary a dent in the U.S. Most people first heard “See Emily Play” when David Bowie covered it on “Pin Ups.” But when the crazy diamond was gone word started to spread, Pink Floyd were testing limits, in an era where that was admired, unlike today, where life is so […]

I was there the first time around, for “The River” tour at the Sports Arena, back in ’81, I went with my friend Robin who liked me and had huge boobs but who I just couldn’t touch. I’d just stopped living with my live-in girlfriend. And I coped by going to UCLA Extension, where I […]

How the hell does Dave Grohl know Lionel Richie? That’s what I said to Felice, employing an f not an h, as Mr. Grohl strode to the front of the stage. It’s become a ritual, two nights before the Grammys, they honor a superstar and rake in a ton of dough for Musicares, to help […]