I still don’t understand what’s so damned difficult about serving French food in a mall restaurant, but I know this: Waiting tables is a tough job. To this day I remain convinced […]
Deep Cuts: Waiting Songs
From the Stacks: Whirlwind – Blowing Up A Storm
You are looking at one of the first rockabilly bands in the UK. During that breakneck 1976-77 era when the Brits were transforming the global musical landscape via the punk explosion, Whirlwind […]
Deep Cuts: Ghost Songs
Was I visited that night by my grandfather’s ghost? The reasonable answer is no, of course not. My dreams were simply projecting the enormous psychic weight of finally understanding his story […]
Deep Cuts: Money Talk
Look, we all go through lean years when we first step out on our own. Sadly, those lean years never end for some, and for more and more people they go on […]
Deep Cuts: Songs Afire
Fire is great musical fodder. We want to stand next to it, make it when we kiss, have a burning yearning feeling inside of us. Even after the fire the fire still […]
Deep Cuts: Welcome Songs
An alert reader asked me recently how many of the “Deep Cuts” songs are in my personal collection. Okay, okay, fair question. Unless it’s a particularly tricky week, “Deep Cuts” titles come […]
Deep Cuts: Boxing Day Songs
It’s Boxing Day, a tradition we don’t have in here in the United States but that I know all about.
102. I’m Relying On Your Common Decency
“It’s a piece of crap. I don’t know why I bought it.” The kid was talking to my buddy Jarod and waving around a cassette. “What are y’all talking about?” I asked. […]
Deep Cuts: Paint Songs
Once upon a time painting served a very important function: documentation. Set “art” aside for a moment and simply think about what the ability to render things real and imagined allowed people […]
Deep Cuts: Your Independence Day Playlist
The Fourth of July is a big deal in the United States. It was on this very day back in 1776 when the Beatles first came to America, and we like to […]
Why It Matters 