It’s quite fashionable to criticize the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s annual inductees, and I’m nothing if not fashionable.
The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Are…Well, They Are
Deep Cuts: Useless Songs
Of all the kinds of useless, romantic useless has to be the worst.
Choose and Defend: Ice Cold or Flaming Hot?
Summer is almost here. Whether that’s good or bad is a personal decision: Some of us love sun and fun, others cower in the safety of our air-conditioned homes. As the late […]
Deep Cuts: The Best of Not The Eagles
I settled on Not The Eagles for this week’s playlist because the James Gang’s “Funk #49” blared from the speakers of this week’s story. My goal was to put together a list […]
174. You Can Taste the Bright Lights (But You Won’t Get Them for Free)
Two days of nearly straight driving carried us almost coast to coast. Jody and I barely spoke, barely moved. We were barely awake. The closer we came to Los Angeles the heavier […]
Deep Cuts: Eighties Songs I Was too Cool to Like (But I Really Did)
The bad thing about being a teenager in a Black Sabbath t-shirt or gazing at your Capezios through lumps of eyeliner is that you have to hide in the closet all of […]
On My Turntable: Heart – Fanatic
With exception to a dark period in their catalog that I choose not to think about, Heart has long been one of my favorite bands. Of the thousands of groups who modeled […]
54. It’s So Easy To Fly Through A Window
At age fifteen I should not have been trusted with something as dangerous as a fork, yet the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles issued me a driver license. All it took […]
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 […]
Why It Matters 