I’m crying. This weekend the buzz was about "Inception".  Movies are great, but they can’t touch you like a song.  Like "Message To My Girl".  By Split Enz. You haven’t heard it.  I had it on a cassette.  I remember playing it in my old car with my old wife.  It reminds me of a […]

Life is hard.  Not in the media, but real life.  You’ve got too many commitments, not enough money and certainly not enough time.  You’re either running at a hundred miles an hour or stuck in neutral.  And it seems like nobody wants to hear your story.  Except music. When done right, music makes you want […]

I’m listening to this new Tom Petty album.  I haven’t reached a final verdict.  But I already know it’s about listening.  About dropping the needle and letting the entire opus play again and again as it sinks into your brain. It’s not about the hit single, but the experience. And it used to be this […]

My favorite Linda Ronstadt album is "Mad Love".  If for no reason other than her killer take on Mark Goldenberg’s "Justine".This is the one about the girlThe girl who came to stay Before she went to Broadway, before she sang standards, Linda Ronstadt went New Wave.  You remember New Wave, don’t you?  The analog of […]