I want to be a comedian. The rock stars get all the chicks, the comedians have all the fun. Backstage at a rock concert is a boring hierarchy of self-important pricks jockeying for access to tired musicians who are barely verbal to begin with. Backstage at a comedy club is an endless visit to the […]

I read in the "New York Times" that Mariah Carey’s "We Belong Together" was the song of the summer. The only time I heard it was at the MTV Movie Awards.  She sang the shit out of it.  But it’s not my definition of a summer song.  And it’s not MY summer song.  MY summer […]

The hype is deafening. Last night rewinding the tape (no, I don’t have TiVo yet, don’t tell me how great it is, my goal in life is to watch LESS TV and since I bought the best VCR, for all of $120 bucks, I can use a digital mouse, which doesn’t move, but changes the […]

Re: An Example It appears not only did the Grateful Dead never record "Hey Joe", they never even PLAYED IT! That’s one of the great things about the Web.  The databases.  I’ve been inundated with e-mail from people who’ve researched this, not only every recording, but EVERY LIVE PERFORMANCE!  Yup, you can find EVERY song […]