SONG READER A new album from Beck Hansen It’s a publicity stunt. Unable to sell an album, people no longer interested in what he has to say musically, Beck has made an end run around the music business and gotten his old fans and techies excited, and has them spreading the word better than any […]

“People who end up living their dreams are not those who are lucky and gifted, but those who are stubborn, resolute and willing to sacrifice.” How to Get Doping Out of Sports – The New York Times And while I’ve got your attention, I want to talk about compromise. Artists don’t. I can’t stop watching […]

I’ve been sick as a dog. You see I was hanging with Roland Orzabal, who told me his son was in an outdoor play in Bristol, and it’d been raining all summer, and his boy had gotten sick, and the illness had spread itself throughout the family, they’d just all been to the doctor. Didn’t […]

I missed “Waterloo Sunset.” What kind of wonderful world do we live in where an iconoclastic, irascible rock star who’s alienated almost all the people surrounding him can be featured in the finale of the world’s greatest sporting event? Long as I gaze on, Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise. I was gonna watch the […]