It was not must see TV. I thought the Stones were good, Mick Jagger sounded great, and then when the keyboard came in, I realized it was all prerecorded and massaged and I was disappointed. Yes, “One World” was not live. And it played to the lowest common denominator, the supposed one world we all […]

Is Coachella about what happens on the stage or off? About the music or the audience? Both. But we’ve been vastly underestimating how important the non-music experience is. I’m not talking about food. America has turned a corner. No one wants to eat boiled hot dogs and limp french fries at an event anywhere anymore, […]

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All I Ever Wanted: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Memoir She got pregnant at twelve. Do all artists come from a fucked-up background? After all, if you’re loved and complete, what do you have to bitch about? Plenty, but not as much as the broken people. Kathy Valentine drank and drugged with her single mother, who […]