I got into underground FM radio via Keith Batchelder. He started talking about the songs he heard on WBAI, most specifically Phil Ochs’ "Outside A Small Circle Of Friends". When I went to his house, he presented me with a typed-out page of lyrics, under the heading "Phil Oakes". I remember reading them as I […]

I heard "Starship Trooper" on XM today. Funny, if "Roundabout" comes on the radio, I can’t push the button fast enough.  Then again, I always liked "The Yes Album" better than "Fragile".  But, even though I bought them all through the execrable live album, I have to admit the band became full of themselves, stretched […]

So I’m surfing god knows where and my computer starts to go BALLISTIC! I mean it starts trying to send e-mail, have a conversation in iChat, all the while actually speaking to me and opening up Terminal, to fuck with my system. This is not supposed to happen on a Mac. I can’t get a […]

If you’re planning to meet me down on Peachtree, you’re in for a rude surprise. Sometimes your brain says one thing and your fingers say another.  Or maybe it’s that you know something, but forget it.  Or just don’t dot your i’s and cross your t’s.  That’s not a cover of Little Feat’s "Oh, Atlanta" […]