I’m lookin’ ’round for that sixties soundThose days are goneAnd all of us acid droppin’, world stoppin’, be-boppin’ freaksAre just hangin’ on We used to save up for our records.  The radio was our religion.  We listened long enough to be inspired to buy albums.  And when we purchased those twelve inch discs, we played […]

The only reason I know they’re happening is I’m on Chet Flippo’s e-mail list.  But I wasn’t planning to tune in, even though another punter e-mailed me they were being broadcast on XM. But I’m driving home from Will Rogers Park, pushing the buttons on my radio, and after sampling the 60s, 70s and 80s, […]

We revered the musicians because they spoke the truth when nobody else would.  In an election cycle where candidates feel lies will fly, live on on the Web for the biased and uninformed to pick up on and spread, where is the picker telling the truth, for us to rally around? Nowhere to be found. […]

Music is supposed to make you feel good.  It’s supposed to wrap you in a blanket, make you feel everything’s going to be all right. I heard this Whiskeytown track on XM, "I Still Miss Someone".  Being country ignorant, I didn’t know it was written by Johnny Cash.  I needed to hear it again, to […]