Perhaps the single most powerful tool we each have in our tool boxes is that great big hammer we use to knock down our house of cards and start over again. (Note: […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Fresh Starts
88. Oh I Have Been Out Searching With the Black Book In My Hand
Lee G. and I sat on my bedroom floor doodling while we listened to The Alarm’s Declaration. I bought the album because when I saw Nigel Twist on the cover with his […]
From The Stacks: The American Song-Poem Anthology
Song-poems were a hustle back in the sixties and seventies that still persists in the form of various publishing scams. Here’s how they worked: Sleazy bastards placed ads soliciting lyrics in the […]
On My Turntable: Rush – Clockwork Angels
Clockwork Angels, the new album from veteran prog rockers Rush, is a masterpiece in the truest sense of the word. The nineteen albums preceding this one enjoyed varying degrees of success both […]
Deep Cuts: Summer 1984
Almost thirty years have passed since I met Chris the cool guy at the beach. That was a great summer for music, even if you weren’t a Purple Rain fan. Born In the […]
A Summer Rerun
I just returned from a family reunion at which I visited with people I haven’t seen in many years. Among those long lost relatives was my cousin, Lindsey. I wrestled with whether […]
87. Who’s Going To Teach Me Peace And Happiness?
We stayed with Lee G.’s friends at Murrells Inlet that week, just down the road from Myrtle Beach. The hub around which the whole thing turned was his friend Sheila, whose parents […]
From The Stacks: Nothing Will Be As It Was Tomorrow
Flora Purim has some pipes, no doubt about it. But judging from the size of that pigeon and which direction its business end is pointing there’s no doubt that nothing will be […]
On My Turntable: Tenacious D – Rize of the Fenix
Tenacious D is a comedy band fronted by two delusional fat guys who have no business being rock stars. That’s their whole shtick, but the joke is on us. Jack Black and […]
Deep Cuts: Beach Songs
Beach songs. On one hand you’ve got your Beach Boys and Jan and Dean; on the other you have your Dick Dale, Ventures, and Surfaris. And then there’s Shag music — oldies […]
