Last night I heard "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" on XM. How many great tracks are there on "Born To Run"? Better yet, name a loser! Maybe "Night". My favorites are "Meeting Across The River" and "Jungleland". Did I ever tell you I saw Bruce perform "Jungleland" at the Bottom Line in the summer of ’74, before […]

I haven’t been in the greatest mood. I got a speeding ticket for doing 38 in a 30 zone. What the fuck’s up with that? The cop said there were orange cones… But this was on Chautauqua at one in the morning! Don’t the cops have anything better to do? If you’re going to do […]

Last night I watched Bud Greenspan’s documentary on the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics. I’m not sure if you’re aware that the L.A. Basin is baking like an oven, but if you’re in Santa Monica, legendarily un-air-conditioned, you don’t want to be home. So, I wasn’t, I was off in the mountains, then at a party, […]

I’m gonna break one of my rules. Today I got an e-mail from a manager, one of many, imploring me to write about his act. I told him this was the kiss of death, that if you ask for hype, you don’t get it. But this woman asked for hype, and I’m doing all I […]