1. "Tunnel Of Love"It ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough But it’s not. What do you do when you achieve your dream, become the biggest star in the world, become embraced by the mainstream as well as your hard core fans? You go inside, you try to save yourself as you’re falling […]

I was in Colorado but the snow sucked so bad and the forecast was so horrifying that we flew back. And I’ve been weirded out ever since. I’m not usually in town this week. Traffic has slowed, light is limited…and everything sounds so good on the radio. I noticed it yesterday when I heard "Life’s […]

1. "Winter" The Rolling Stones One can argue whether the Stones peaked with "Beggars Banquet", "Let It Bleed" or "Sticky Fingers", iconoclasts can trumpet "Exile On Main Street", and I’m one of them, but no one can dispute the great decline began with "Goats Head Soup". We expected more. Sure, there was a big hit, […]

Once upon a time Stevie Wonder was a washed-up teen phenom, the Justin Bieber of his era, if Bieber were truly talented. Oh, that’s unfair. Just give a listen to 1971’s "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". It’s the forgotten tracks that kill. Give a spin to "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day". It positively SWINGS! I know you dance in the […]