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New York Magazine Songwriting Issue

“The more specific she was, the more relatable it seemed.” (Beth Laird on Taylor Swift) What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where pop songs are written by committee, oftentimes excluding the performer, and country songs are written by the artist? One in which country is personal and relatable and pop […]

The Chris Rock Netflix Special

I LIKE PEACE MORE THAN PUSSY! Can you say that in 2018? Then again, when this was recorded Omarosa was still in the White House. But that’s what we depend upon from our comedians, the unvarnished truth, the way we would say it. With the F-bombs and the scatological comments. You’re drawn right in, the […]

What’s Goin’ On?

What kind of crazy fucked up world do we live in where a late night TV host takes a stand, risking the alienation of his audience, which the medium lives by, advertising driving not only profits, but cancellation, but musicians are silent? One in which the President gets into an east coast/west coast rap feud […]

The Classic-Day One

They came for the Eagles. And they were not disappointed. “We used to have festivals like this in the sixties… Now we are sixty!” Pat Simmons of the Doobie Brothers They opened. To a half-full stadium. No one can get anywhere on time in Los Angeles, and they don’t seem to believe anything will start […]