"My Aeroplane"John Mellencamp How does the poster boy for Chevrolet get the public to take him seriously? I was driving down Bundy just as the sun was emerging from the sky and I heard a guitar.  We boomers, we love guitars.  This had a twang, a richness, that took me right back to the barnboarded […]

1. Notorious B.I.G. "Greatest Hits" Sales this week: 99,178Debut I guess Warner is trying to get back some of that money they paid Sean/Puffy/Diddy. 2. Arcade Fire "Neon Bible" Sales this week: 91,800Debut Actually, I thought the total would be more.  What with the number they shipped and the hype. As for the hype… Back […]

I was stealing music. I was looking for this version of "Urge For Going" by Tony Rice.  I’d never heard of Tony Rice.  And the guy who e-mailed me about it had never heard the version by Tom Rush!  So I fired up my P2P program and looked for it. I wouldn’t buy it.  Why […]

"It Ain’t Easy"Ron Davies The best track on "Ziggy Stardust" is "Moonage Daydream". But the most surprising cut is Bowie’s cover of Ron Davies’ "It Ain’t Easy", which ends side one. I’m trying to replicate a sampler album I got from A&M in my freshman year of college.  Oh, I’ve got Free’s "I’ll Be Creepin’", […]