I’ve got three things on my mind.  A television show, a book and a record. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM Larry’s a repentant dick.  Jerry’s a comic who walked away and married someone else’s wife and hasn’t been as funny since.  Until last Sunday night. This season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is different.  Larry’s pushing it further, […]

If you know where to surf on the Web, you can find downloadable concerts. Conventional wisdom is young people don’t care.  Maybe that’s only because they’ve never seen an act as vibrant as the J. Geils Band live. Before they shortened their name to "Geils".  Before they switched labels and started making MTV fodder.  Before […]

Somewhere back there Rickie Lee Jones lost her way. I’ll vote for the second album.  Sure, the first was great, I loved "Weasel and the White Boys Cool", but the second, "Pirates", begins with a one-two punch that’s undeniable, it knocks you out cold, you wake up on the floor, staring at the ceiling. We […]

The best track on "Tumbleweed Connection" is "Come Down In Time". It’s not my favorite.  That’s "Where To Now St. Peter?"  But "Come Down In Time", following the opener, "Ballad Of A Well-Known Gun", is like walking into your dark house after a party.  It’s suddenly quiet, you’re alone with your thoughts.  Every time I […]