Sting was hardly the first or the last musician to find inspiration in a book; in fact, there are enough book/music crossovers out there that I think I can put together a […]
Deep Cuts: Library Rock, A-I
Deep Cuts: The Kubler-Ross Breakup Playlist
Music must be administered to heal a broken heart. The exact dosage and length of each course varies per patient; however, there are a couple of uniform guidelines: Any non-gospel Al Green […]
Deep Cuts: The Greatest Bowie Song You’ve Never Heard
I’ve moaned a few times about how the great artists of the Sixties and Seventies struggled during the Keyboard Eighties. The great David Bowie is no exception, his worst crimes against humanity being […]
Deep Cuts: Stop Time and Turn Up the Radio Songs
I have 33,000 songs in my pocket. I can go for three months, twenty-four hours per day and not listen to the same song twice; well, at least not the same version. […]
Deep Cuts: Ten Covers Done Right
Sure every garage band when I was growing up played “Freebird,” but that doesn’t mean they played it well or brought anything new to the table. That’s what makes a good cover […]
Deep Cuts: Moby Frank
I’ve mentioned previously my quest for the white whale that is the complete Frank Zappa CD discography. It is a mighty beast, and I’m starting to lose track and buy duplicates that I’m […]
Deep Cuts: Intro to WockaWoll Guitar
Back in the meedly-meedly-meedly ’80s when speed was the name of the game, a guitarist friend of mine said to me: “Nobody at a party will ask you how many notes you […]
Deep Cuts: Ten Live Songs For Your Playlist
Hard to believe but there was a time before YouTube – before cable television and home video for that matter. We ate the music we were served and we liked it, said the […]
Deep Cuts: Five Reasons Hendrix Is For Everyone
Forty years ago the man made four records and then he died. Since then he’s been suspended in amber, the wild man with the headband and the flaming guitar. I like that version of […]
Deep Cuts: Eight Reasons To Reconsider KISS
Sure, they were campy, their lyrics were juvenile, and they weren’t really that good, but every discography has its nuggets. Here in no particular order are eight reasons to give KISS a […]
Why It Matters 