I was hiking in the mountains a month ago and I realized I could never be rich.  That as hard as I might work, I’d never have the wealth of a banker.  And that was a revelation.  You see I too believed in the American Dream.  That if I worked hard, if I doubled down, […]

This is a number one record.I know they say if you love somebodyYou should set them free (so they say) So they say.  Don’t you wish it weren’t true?  Don’t you wish every cliche was wrong, that you could reinvent the wheel, that things could be different for you? But they’re not. Sting sang that […]

I first heard about Bon Iver from Nigel Grainge, who’s enthusiastic and has impeccable taste.  But I didn’t quite get it until today, when Robin Millar sent me a link: Bon Iver – Re: Stacks It was playing in the background as I was chomping through the e-mail, reading about Ticketmaster, be sure to read […]

I saw Little Feat at the Troubadour. When I was a junior in college, all the music magazines testified about this new album by Little Feat, entitled "Dixie Chicken". So, of course, I bought it.  And played it.  And if you’d taken a picture of my face upon that first time through you would describe […]