"On The Road To Find Out"Cat Stevens They’re doing construction on the 405.  Widening it.  Which I think is a mistake.  I read a story in the "New York Times" saying that if you enlarge a highway it’ll just generate more traffic, people will live further away, figuring they can drive into town.  But you […]

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 […]