Nothing prepared us for the opening notes of "Fillmore East".  With that wailing guitar…how could ANYBODY have the Statesboro Blues? Oh, I was a fan previously.  From getting fucked up in Dave McCormick’s dorm room, listening to "Idlewild South" (hell, couldn’t they have named the OTHER airport "Kennedy"?)  And, after becoming addicted to "Fillmore East" […]

I made a CD for Rena.  She told me since I hadn’t been to the Greek for SO long, I had to bring a gift. Knowing that I can’t compete on a dollar level, I put my mind to it, what could I bring her that evidenced thought, that evidenced me. They say parents appreciate […]

Now THAT was confusing. For those of you lamenting the end of personalization, the end of human contact, let me suggest you go to the live gig.  Then again, the hoi polloi now think a live gig is some spectacular where people ready for embalmment trot out replicas of their hits to tape, with a […]

Call this a delaying tactic.  I was lying on my bedroom floor, anticipating my back exercises, and after punching up the smart playlist on my iPod of my 50 Most Recently Added Tracks, I heard this, Gov’t Mule’s "Million Miles From Yesterday". Do you remember 1972?  When there were no fashion awards, when you got […]