We were not prepared for "Take Me To The River". Although KROQ ultimately played "Psycho Killer", I bought "Talking Heads: 77" because of the reviews.  Does anybody trust reviews anymore?  And I liked the album, but it did not have the rich production of the English discs, it seemed an artifact, a document as opposed […]

Feelin’ Alright Actually, I’m not.  I’ve got this sinus infection that won’t quit.  But you can’t stay home forever, so I met Jane for lunch at the Century City Shopping Center. Houston’s Funny how this restaurant sustains, when so many fall by the wayside. Jane told me about MySpace.  You see she’s jumped from the […]

1 My favorite record store was Granny ‘N Grammy.  Every Friday afternoon, after Evidence, I would drive my car to Westwood and prowl the streets looking for a parking space.  Even though Westwood in the seventies was the Third Street Promenade, CityWalk and Hollywood & Highland COMBINED, I could always find a spot.  This was […]

"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 […]