Back when music was scarce, when it wasn’t free, when if you didn’t buy it you couldn’t hear it, unless you sat by the radio and hoped the station had taste as broad as yours, which was never ever the case, dedicated musos combed the cut-out bins.  That’s where we bought what we wanted to […]

Maybe you’ve got to die to get your due. I’m sitting in front of my Mac watching the Masters on my Slingbox and downloading music from the Internet.  Was gonna write about these great alternative takes of the Beach Boys’ "’Til I Die" until I heard this. When I was twenty one I lived in […]

It’s a gorgeous day in L.A.  Hell, that’s why I live here.  And I’m getting on to the freeway and I hear REO’s "Keep On Loving You", which I never liked, but today it sounds good.  Seemed like a ploy for acceptance by housewives from an AOR band that just could not get traction, despite […]

Rebecca Black ‘Friday’ For Orchestra #53 This is hysterical in its own right and requires no further comment or explanation, but I’m gonna give one! It’s all about context.  You don’t want to function in a vacuum.  You want to give your audience tools so they can participate and get hooked.  In other words, the […]