My dream is bittersweetCause I’m an old man dreaming in a young man’s world Ageism.  You think it’ll never happen to you.  Then you reach a certain age and your opinion no longer counts, the kids control the music and those aged executives still in power wear baseball caps and try to act like kids […]

They were there to see Eric.  If he played fast and grimaced, the audience leapt to its feet.  It was like Winwood was a sideman, living in Slowhand’s shadow. But I was there to see Steve. You’ll be impressed if you go to see Clapton.  He assumes no airs and doesn’t battle those competing with […]

Fever Ray "When I Grow Up" I heard this flipping the channels on Sirius.  More specifically, I heard it on XMU. You know how you hear something good and keep waiting for the bad part, to let you down, to disqualify it?  Well that didn’t happen here. I whipped out my pen and wrote down […]

I’m immune to mainstream hype. When you e-mail me about your show, your project, I just delete it. And I’m not alone. We stumble upon information now.  We start with our trusted resources and see where they lead. I follow Thomas Meyer on Twitter.  Not because I love Sonos, which I do, I use it […]