Elvis was before my time.  When he was swiveling his hips on TV, I was still in diapers.  By time he surged back to prominence in the sixties, I was pissed that he was displacing the British Invasion superstars.  But when he died it was weird.  He was so young! I heard the news as […]

Patty Griffin did "Chief".  Shawn Colvin performed "Twilight" at the appropriate hour.  But the star was Buddy Miller. We’ve heard that you can’t make it after thirty, what about after FIFTY? Conventional wisdom is you build a star through hits.  But what if there are no hits, and no stars?  Welcome to the twenty first […]

I’m sipping Flor De Cana and lime juice, it’s three a.m. Maybe on the east coast.  But in L.A., it’s just shy of midnight. I should be winding down, loading up my car and driving to Felice’s house for some shut-eye.  But I’m all revved up, buzzed, even though writing’s ultimately gonna keep me up […]

Great idea. Except I wonder if people will be willing to pay full-price hereafter? That’s the problem.  People will pay a fortune to be up close and personal at a superstar’s show, but once you go back from the stage… Actually, I’ve heard that sales this year are kind of funny.  You can sell the […]