If only Doug Morris knew how to use a computer. I’m still reading the responses to my "Leukemia" missive.  I appreciate the good will.  But I’m reading slowly not only because the missives are all personal, directed specifically to me, but because I’m learning so much. I heard from Steven Page, formerly of the Barenaked […]

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 […]