The casual listener is dead. The best analogy is television. Boomers will remember when you watched what was on, even changing channels was a big deal, you had to get up off the couch before the remote. And then came the remote and ultimately cable TV, with its plethora of channels. But recording was still […]

If this guy was white… Most people have no idea what goes on behind the records. Despite the braggadocio, the flash of cash, the actual lives of these rappers are not depicted. They’re in danger. In an underground economy. This is rock and roll in the old days. A cash business, but much more dangerous. […]

Yep. It’s primarily a bunch of unconnected vignettes just factually recounted with a one-line commentary. Jan lived an extraordinary life, meeting extraordinary people creating extraordinary experiences and yet the book feels like the disappointing and fragmented memories of a distant passenger in his own life story. Olivier Chastain ____________________________________ I wish I had read your […]

“Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir”: https://amzn.to/3DMvofw This is a terrible book. At the end, Wenner thanks all his insider readers, you know, the friends that helped him write the book. Didn’t a single one raise their hand or blow the whistle and say…THIS BOOK SUCKS! Sycophancy on parade. Which makes one question the endless […]