My dad died. I’m not gonna say it was unexpected, but when he got multiple myeloma the predicted lifespan was three years and that was already four years before. He got pneumonia in February, rebounded and came to California and went home and promptly died. After he got a chance to see the "Simpsons" episode […]

So I’m fooling around with Spotify radio. I’ve got a problem with Pandora, the tune-outs and you can’t fast-forward and Tim Westergren is a Moonie. And whenever I’m given the ability to fast-forward on these services I end up just clicking to see what they play next and not even listening, it’s frustrating. But you […]

They’re dropping like flies. That guy who was in Iron Butterfly and moved on to Captain Beyond. One of Dion’s Belmonts. But the death that affected me most was that of Bobby Purify. Actually, I just learned today that there were two Bobbys. But this is the one who sang on "I’m Your Puppet". A […]

This is just the beginning. Who wouldn’t love a rock band fronted by an overweight black woman? It rings true in an era of overhyped, overmassaged, oversurgeried TV music stars who are no different from the citizens in "Wall-E", fat on the past and unwilling to take a risk in the future. But that doesn’t […]