Archive for the 'The Music' Category


Hey, Western Union Man

Not many people survive getting kicked out of their own band. At this point in time, that big hit Blood, Sweat & Tears album featuring David Clayton Thomas is a period piece. Hear "Spinning Wheel" on the oldies station and you turn it off. Stunned that you endured it back in ’68. But hear ANYTHING […]

Cold Hard B****

What’s with these Australians and their Gibson SG’s? Paul Kossoff died on an airplane.  That was bad enough, but Richard had a whole tour booked with AC/DC as his opening act.  And now the band was in London with no tour, nowhere to play.  Trying to earn his keep as an agent, Richard booked Australia’s […]

More Live 8 On MTV

Well, they’re certainly not doing it for the fans. Let me get this straight, MTV viewers have CABLE but not COMPUTERS? And they’re certainly not doing it for the ratings.  They’re gonna be horrific. They’re doing it for the spin.  Kind of like community service for a teenager who does something heinous.  The kid doesn’t […]

MTV

We are now officially in the post-MTV era. We thought P2P would bring the major labels down, but what is killing them is the same thing that killed MTV, their lack of credibility. In one weekend, one DAY actually, MTV destroyed twenty years of good will. For over a decade now, people have been saying […]