Archive for the 'The Music' Category


Find The Cost Of Freedom

Yes, the B-side of "Ohio". Warren Haynes’s only flaw is he’s not beautiful.  Because not only can this guy play, he can SING!  If this were 1971 instead of 2011 Warren would be a household name, someone all over the radio, who fans would flock to see in concert. I got an e-mail imploring me […]

Gold Dust Woman

I saw Fleetwood Mac open a stadium show back in ’75, before Anaheim had bleachers in the outfield, back when the Angels sucked and no band ever emerged from Orange County. It was a summer of stadium shows.  Today only Taylor Swift can sell 50,000 tickets, anybody else who says they can lies, or plays […]

Hot Stuff

From Keith ForseySubject: Re: More Johnny Weir shitty mix Whew!Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out waitin’Waitin’ for some lover to callDialed about a thousand numbers latelyAlmost rang the phone off the wall While we were listening to Blondie, singing "Hanging On The Telephone", on the stations we wouldn’t listen to was a phenomenon.  Disco. Led […]

Wallflower

No, this is not about Jakob Dylan.  It’s about a solo, well, with piano accompaniment, in the studio take of one of the most precious, ingratiating, infectious songs off Peter Gabriel’s fourth solo album, his first on Geffen, entitled against his wishes "Security". Gabriel fans are a cult.  They’re not wishy-washy regarding their hero, they’re […]