Archive for the 'Books' Category


My Year Abroad

https://amzn.to/3v2tdxR If this were a record, it would be the album of the year. I’m not talking about a worthless Grammy, I’m talking about the one everybody would be talking about, would be wowed by, something that would push the envelope and herald the dawning of a new age. Kind of like “Nevermind.” But even […]

Shuggie Bain

https://amzn.to/39UAxSE This is an incredible book. I’d been reading S.A. Cosby’s “Blacktop Wasteland,” and it was mildly interesting, although my mind still did wander, I’d get a hankering to look at my phone, I’d go down the internet rabbit hole, I’d force myself to get back to the book and then I’d repeat the process. […]

Tesla/Volkswagen

“How Volkswagen’s $50 Billion Plan to Beat Tesla Short-Circuited – Faulty software set back a bid by the world’s largest car maker for electric-vehicle dominance”: https://on.wsj.com/395tffN Will Tesla win in the end? Everybody said it wouldn’t, and most people still believe that the stock is overvalued, but the truth is making an electric car is […]

Do Stand So Close

“Do Stand So Close: my improbable adventure as Sting’s guitarist”: https://amzn.to/38OscAw This is the best book I’ve ever read about being on the road. Yes, even better than Ian Hunter’s long ago memoir. First and foremost, Jeffrey Lee Campbell can write. Positively astounding. Not a week goes by without someone sending me their music book, […]