It’s funny, but for the last few nights Jimmy Herring and I (well, most of the band actually) have been wearing out a dvd a friend passed along of Jeff Beck’s performance at Clapton’s ’07 Crossroads festival. And when I say wearing it out I mean it! We watch it every night, wishing that we […]

LINE OF THE NIGHT So I’m wandering the Forum floor, looking for Lisa and Brooks, and I run into Dave. He’s just upgraded a young couple from the cheap seats to the first five rows. They’re giddy, in a state of disbelief, and I say I want to go on his next mission, into the […]

The new rap or the new hula-hoop? The flurry of "Rock Band"/"Guitar Hero" announcements has my head spinning. What with Aerosmith releasing their own game for the latter platform and Guns N’ Roses releasing their new single on the former, one would think the videogames are the new radio/MTV/retail store combined! Actually, that’s what Activision, […]

I’m not sure these events are about the music. They raise a lot of money, you’ve heard of the acts, but when David Foster told us he’d have us back home for the 11 o’clock news, I winced. Like this crowd had never gotten the memo that news was now 24/7, at your fingertips, but […]