I saw Mayor Pete on “CBS Sunday Morning.” I was not impressed. Actually, this is the first time I’ve watched the show. And now I get it, it’s appointment television for those who still remember appointment television. Oldsters. Youngsters expect the world to operate on their own schedule, on demand. I’ve got nothing against Pete […]

The POlice in New York City They chased a boy right through the park “Goats Head Soup” was a disappointment after “Exile On Main Street.” Then again, what could follow up that two-disc set. Now “Exile On Main Street” did not set the world on fire. It entered the chart at number one and fell […]

Every technological revolution changes the music. The invention of the 33 1/3 vinyl album allowed the creation of “Rubber Soul” and then “Sgt. Pepper.” Suddenly the album was a statement instead of a single and a bunch of filler. Then when you could no longer simulcast your AM stream on FM, we got free-form radio. […]

Yazhou was in Hong Kong. Maybe you grew up with this technology, but for those of us who grew up in the twentieth century, it’s positively amazing. It’s kind of like asking my mother what it was like before television, I couldn’t fathom it. And now I’ve lived through a revolution myself, a technical revolution, […]