Preston Lauterbach’s The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll absolutely knocked me out. It is a well-researched history of, well, of the road leading to what we know and love […]
A Conversation With “Chitlin’ Circuit” Author Preston Lauterbach
60. I Wondered If I Had Enough Class
Fortunately at the height of Jacko Mania there existed an Anti-Michael who countered the King Of Pop’s lack of funk with a mass appeal mash-up of James Brown, George Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, […]
(Really) Deep Cuts: Classic Rock
An alert reader and good friend I’ll never meet brought up classic rock radio recently. I’m paraphrasing here, but he mentioned that in the good old days of radio — say, 2005, for […]
On My Turntable: Quadrophenia: The Director’s Cut
Oh, the dreaded reissue, the pricey box set. I’m a sucker for these things — always have been. As a kid I had to have KISS’s The Originals, though that collection was no […]
59. Pretty Young Things, Repeat After Me
I have a lengthy track record of disliking Michael Jackson. When I was seven my oldest sister received a 45 of “Dancing Machine” as a birthday gift. I thought that was pretty hot, then […]
Deep Cuts: Songs for Ten Resolutions
So you’ve decided that 2012 is the year you drop that dead weight, whatever his or her name is, or take a trip to Greece while it’s still there. Here are some […]
All is Quiet on New Year’s Day
All is quiet on New Year’s Day, and so am I. Fortunately I happen to have a New Year’s story in my back pocket. It’s a bit of a rough read but […]
Ventriloquism For Dummies
The following is a piece of thinly veiled fiction that I wrote several years ago and haven’t found a home for. I concede, oh great magazine publishers — it’s not for you […]
Deep Cuts: The Obligatory Christmas Playlist
I swore that I wasn’t going to do this, but here we are just two days away from the big day and I can’t bear the thought of you listening to the […]
Deep Cuts: Songs About Fighting
Have you ever seen lion cubs wrestle? Humans are no different, especially boys. We go through a period where we behave like badasses even though the overwhelming majority of us aren’t. We […]
