amzn.to/37isMX4 I wish I’d read this when I’d grown up, it would have answered so many questions! I’m a big Curtis Sittenfeld fan. I started with “Prep.” I went to public school, but in college 45% of the students had come from prep schools. They were different. And you can’t explain them to people who […]

Dua Lipa/London Grammar I got stuck in a Dua Lipa loop. You’re probably aware that “Rolling Stone” just published their updated “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” It’s a complete waste of time. A way to draw attention to a dying empire hurt by the lack of advertising that is charging up the yin-yang for […]

Some records you only have to hear once. Johnny Nash was the face of reggae. Sure, there was a whole scene down in Jamaica, Paul Simon had used the island groove for “Mother and Child Reunion,” but most people still did not know whether you pronounced it “reggie” or “reg-gay,” if they’d heard the term […]

And the cradle will no longer rock. That’s my favorite Van Halen song. It sounds so alive, but Eddie Van Halen isn’t. He paid his dues. You’ve got to be a virtuoso. When no one is watching, no one is paying attention, you’re on a mission. And then they started knocking around town. Most bands […]