R-E-S-P-E-C-T The couple in front of us were from Lancaster. That’s ninety miles from L.A., a desperate windblown metropolis sans all the glamour of Los Angeles. She was supposed to report for her bail bondsman gig at midnight, but tonight she was going to be late, tonight she was playing hooky, tonight she was going […]

This is HYSTERICAL! Please forgive the typos…I didn’t think I’d need my glasses at Staples Center! That’s where i am…deep in the bowels of L.A.’s premier venue… FOR THE KENNY CHESNEY SHOW! This ain’t no pop, this ain’t no rock and roll, this is COUNTRY! Where everybody’s friendly, where you feel like you BELONG! We’re […]

ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE The eighties hits were the comeback. I’m sick of the rewriting of history. The fiction that Hall & Oates have to be plucked from the trash bin of history, that this is a reclamation project, that we finally have to admit Hall & Oates were cool. They were cool from the very BEGINNING! […]

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART Bruce is always thinking. He sees careers as a puzzle. Or maybe a gauntlet. How does he get from here to there? How does he keep the arc from descending? He likes getting paid, but the satisfaction is in the victories, keeping his act’s profile on an upward trajectory. He’s not […]