Prior to ’64 my transistor was for the Yankee games.  And occasionally the Mets.  I didn’t listen to music on the radio.  That was for the living room, where my mother played show tunes.  And in my bedroom occasionally, with 45s like the "Purple People Eater".  But the Beatles changed everything.  Suddenly, Tuesday night was […]

Jeff H.: Re: YouTube "Just go to YouTube and plug "knopfler this is us" in the search box and you too can watch the video." Make that COULD have watched the video. When I went there, I got the following message tonight (Friday): "This video has been removed due to copyright infringement." Ed Teja: Re: […]

In the late sixties the definition of a hit started to change. It was no longer about a snappy track that could be played on AM Top Forty but something that exuded sheer QUALITY! To the point where the Doors’ "The End" could be considered a hit. At eleven minutes and with no constantly returning […]

Only 3,279 people have watched Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris on YouTube.  And that’s CRIMINAL!  You’ll be mesmerized by Knopfler’s licks, but just shy of three minutes in, when Emmylou starts kicking her legs backward in time to the music, you’ll exclaim VOILA, she’s fucking KIKI DEE! I’ve got the music in me.  And you […]