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The Grammys

Everybody hated them. I did not. But there were no hooks, no moments that drove me to the computer, that made me want to write to you. It turns out everybody’s disappointed that their music wasn’t featured. Or, if it was, it was featured in a bastardized way. They’ve had enough of the “Grammy Moments,” […]

MusiCares-Bob Dylan

And if my thought dreams could be seen They’d probably put my head in a guillotine “It’s Alright, Ma, (I’m Only Bleeding)” What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where Bob Dylan comes back from the dead and delivers the paramount rock and roll experience of the twenty first century? That’s […]

Update

ONE DIRECTION Biggest band in the world, even though you might have never heard their music. Proving that not only does cute which appeals to pre-teens rule, so does social media. One Direction is the first global social media act. It lives online. They care not a whit if you like them. The music is […]

Re-Pono

Why does Neil Young get a pass? I don’t care that no one in the mainstream other than David Pogue has criticized Pono, I’m more worried about the rest of the stories. As Tony Wilson once told me, after screwing up the football scores for a news broadcast, the boss said no one cared about […]