Old fart hates change, what else is new? So I went to the Mill City Museum. Once upon a time they had sawmills on the Mississippi. Back before they cut down all the Minnesota timber and other states got into the lumber act. But if Luddites like Byrne were in charge, we’d still be sawing […]

SUENO You buy these records and you never hear your favorites live, especially today, when bands are afraid to play their deep cuts, for fear of boring their audience, especially if aged. Yes, that’s what we are, we baby boomers. Old. We try to deny it. Act like hipsters. But it’s the aches and pains […]

SPOONER OLDHAM About fifteen minutes into the movie, Spooner Oldham walks across the floor of FAME studios, sits down at a ratty old piano, puts his fingers to the keys and starts to play music so soulful, I tingle as I write this, remembering it. RICK HALL He was motivated by rejection, he needed to […]

He was interested in ME! Not a day goes by where I don’t get e-mail imploring me to waste my time listening to someone I usually don’t know try and sell me something I don’t need. That’s what they want, some of my time, so they can convince me to help them get ahead. Huh? […]