What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where the phony country music in a movie is better than everything on the hit parade? I bought that Alpha Band album.  I didn’t think T Bone Burnett was that good.  But I guess he developed.  Which is why all our pop stars don’t […]

LOVE HAS NO PRIDE A revelation. Have you ever been left? It hurts bad enough to go first, you’re wracked with guilt.  But when you’re left behind, you’re truly at loose ends.  You were the last to know.  Usually your beloved decided to move out, to dump you long before.  They’re over the emotional hump.  […]

Yes, it’s been ten years.  And I’m not one for lists.  But in magazines and newspapers decade-ending rankings have started to appear.  Best movies, best TV shows and best songs.  So I thought I’d weigh in. Some have maxed out all their credit cardsSome are working two jobs and living in carsMinimum wage won’t pay […]

That was FANTASTIC! Metallica lacked the bottom, that visceral pounding on your chest that you get at a live gig.  They proved conventional wisdom, that rock and roll doesn’t work on TV. I stumbled into last night’s 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert during Paul Simon.  When Crosby & Nash joined him […]