Archive for the 'The Music' Category


Another Mistake

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 […]

An Example

This guy, let me see, his name is Dana Collins, he e-mailed me a CD. I’m gonna tell you a secret.  I don’t play CDs. No, not never ever.  But just about.  Especially if they’re of unsigned acts, those priorities you’re always inundating me with. I’m gonna give you a clue.  Anybody listening to your […]

Ah! Leah!

I was sitting in the shrink’s office telling him about Friday night.  The on-sale debut of the new "Harry Potter". Felice and I drove to Village Books around 11 p.m. and encountered a line down Swarthmore, of kids who probably had never been up at this hour before, unless it was two years before, when […]

The Biggest Story Of The Year

Access.  Colonel Tom Parker and Peter Grant limited it.  They realized that rock and roll wasn’t only the music, it was also the myth. That’s what MTV destroyed.  The myth.  We found out rock stars were just like us.  And this was completely disillusioning.  Because we want to BELIEVE!  We NEED to believe.  In something […]