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Changes

“Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes” “Changes” David Bowie The Beatles were dismissed as teenage tripe until “Yesterday” and “Michelle,” the backwards vocals of “Rain” and “Sgt. Pepper,” and the adoption of the act by Leonard Bernstein and others in the pantheon of artists respected by establishment. The Beatles wiped out everything that came before […]

Disclaimer On Apple TV+

What we’ve got here is an A level production of a B level story, but there is a sex scene that is so realistic that I can’t stop thinking about it. The problem with Apple TV+ is they hype these series, there’s press when they start, but then they drip out the episodes one per […]

The Springsteen Documentary

“Road Diary”: https://t.ly/7Zv8T 1 The highlight was “Nightshift,” the Commodores sans Lionel Richie number that speaks of what’s goin’ on with the recently passed Jackie Wilson and Marvin Gaye and the great music they’re playing up in heaven. Now what struck me, what made such a big impression, is that I’ve never ever heard any […]

The Alex Van Halen Book

“Brothers”: https://t.ly/uhISi This is not a typical rock autobiography. You know, we went there and did this. Tales of debauchery as we ride the road to success, delivering gossip along the way. No, this is the story of an immigrant family… That does not resemble my own an iota. I’m the same age as Alex […]