Oh, I know, it’s not cool to like Toto. Just ask my buddy Steve Lukather, he’s gotten so much abuse he’s got a hair trigger, if you bring up the band’s name he figures you’re going to complain. But I’m not. Hell, I don’t even own a copy of “IV,” you didn’t have to! “Rosanna” […]

Clive saved the Kinks. Or should I say “Klive”? Credit John Mendelsohn, who wrote the liner notes for “The Kink Kronikles,” for getting the ball rolling. Although Mendelsohn may not have hurt Zeppelin’s career with his negative review in “Rolling Stone,” (yes, I know who it was, a true rock fan is all about the […]

You’ve got to strike when the iron is hot, when you’re inspired. Sure, there are artists who labor over their work, like those schmos who believe writing is rewriting. Sure, fix the mistakes, but if you’re sharpening your pencils trying to get it right, chances are you never will. Don’t eke it out, go to […]

I had the smallest single in Starr Hall. Even worse, the janitor’s closet jutted into my room, every morning I’d wake up to him running the water in the sink. Talk about depressing. First semester senior year was a disaster. I puked twice in bed. I was burned out on my friends. I was already […]