1 Where were you the first time you heard “More Than a Feeling”? Probably driving around in your car listening to FM radio. This was 1976, the first Ramones LP came out that year, but it took decades for it to go gold. The Stones were changing guitarists. McCartney had followed up 1973’s “Band on […]

There is a courtroom scene in this book that is so tense… That I wanted to tell you about it just then, when I read it. But I figured I’d better finish the book first, to see if it’s good throughout. And it’s GREAT! What you’ve got here is four sections, “Water,” “Earth,” “Fire” and […]

  If you’re a fan of the man and his bands you’re gonna love this book. I met Derek back in 1990, when I wrote about the Rembrandts, a band on his nascent label, Atco. Their manager sent me an advance cassette and I loved it. It was a return to form for Danny Wilde, […]

I wanted to write about this book because of the endless stream of CEOs… People have this idea that Patagonia has always been smooth-sailing, but that is not the truth. Yes, the company was started by Yvon Chouinard, but what people don’t realize is this visionary is a mercurial man who has contempt for his […]