You used to be nobody. Los Angeles and New York were a dream. Rather than build a shrine to yourself on social media, you became engrossed in media, in music and films, and you went to the theatre, to the show, to get closer. Nowhere as much as in Washington, D.C. Where there was a […]

Billy Joel by Fred Schruers It really was different. It bugs me that people claim otherwise, the youngsters who were not around and the oldsters hanging on by a thread. First and foremost, as Malcolm Gladwell said in “Outliers,” timing is everything. Jason Flom’s father may have been blackballed because he was Jewish, but he […]

YOU’RE NO GOOD The original version of this smash track for Linda Ronstadt in 1974/5 was done by Dee Dee Warwick but the one that had impact, albeit more on the R&B chart, was done by Betty Everett. Sure, it’s the same song, but credit the nearly-forgotten Andrew Gold for arranging Ronstadt’s version into a […]

Trains – Spotify Trains – YouTube I’ve got this Porcupine Tree song stuck in my head. That’s right, the spawn of Steven Wilson who seems more famous now for remixing classic albums. But… I’d start you with “Radioactive Toy,” my absolute favorite, but for some reason it’s not on Spotify, none of the streaming services. […]