It’s about the joy. Last night I heard "Lightnin’ Strikes" on the radio.  Lou Christie might be unknown to the younger generation, but he’s in the DNA of baby boomers because of this one electric hit. Listen to me baby, you gotta understand The lines mean little on paper, but if you heard Lou emote […]

"We Can’t Make It Here" is the most played MP3 in my iTunes library. On this computer, which I purchased in late 2006, I’ve got 159 plays.  And since the track is 5:22 long that’s a little over 850 minutes of listening, in other words a little over fourteen hours. And that doesn’t include over […]

I thought this could only happen in England. From the ska movement to Duffy and Adele retro-soul has always had a home in the U.K.  But in America we’ve been too busy chasing beats, living in a hip-hop nation. What to make of the new sensation Fitz and The Tantrums?  The band doesn’t even have […]

Do you tell your lover everything? I was hiking in the mountains last Sunday night listening to my Wendy Waldman MP3s.  I’m recovering from a pinched nerve in my back and I’ve been overwhelmed and I was testing my body and I just couldn’t handle anything new, I needed to hear the music of an […]