She played too long, the skits became tiresome, but last night I saw the future of the music industry, and it was HEARTWARMING and EXCITING! I got there during Kellie Pickler’s set.  I expected glitz.  But what I got was a crack band, and rather than an overemoting "American Idol" contestant, a woman who was […]

Everything is so RIGHT about this project that I think Joe Satriani should drop his lawsuit IMMEDIATELY! Ultimately, it’s not about money, but FANS! Granted, Coldplay’s making a shitload of cash, but they DESERVE IT! The first rule of music is that it be ear-pleasing.  Don’t beat up Coldplay because they include the special sauce, […]

I gave up going to Bruce Springsteen concerts after "The Rising".  It was just too creepy.  It was an incredible simulation of what once WAS.  All effort, a Twinkie without the center.  I no longer recognized this guy. Where was the alienated fuck who needed to make music to survive as opposed to please his […]

1 Oh I am a lonely painter I live in a box of paints "A Case Of You" I’m trying to read a new book about Joni Mitchell.  Littered with interesting facts, Michelle Mercer’s "Will You Take Me As I Am" ultimately reads like a senior thesis, all analysis and no soul.  And that’s the […]