My Dating Game story didn’t turn out as good as I hoped, but that’s okay.
Deep Cuts: Dating Songs
From The Stacks: Fishbone- “?(Modern Industry)” (12-Inch Single)
> If there was any justice in this world, Fishbone would enjoy success on at least a U2 level.
Deep Cuts: The 1980s–Rock Sax’s Last Great Era
I was thinking the other day about the death of the saxophone. When the rock era dawned, having a sax player on the front line was as commonplace as featuring a hotshot […]
Deep Cuts: Songs For Smokers
I’ve never been a smoker, though I’ve tried.
Deep Cuts: Songs For A Riot
I like to think everyone who lived in L.A. in ’92 was changed by the riots.
237. I Cannot Get Over the Reality of My Surroundings
What were we talking about again? Ernest Scared Stupid. We spent three months in Nashville. During that time I listened to Fishbone’s The Reality of My Surroundings repeatedly, watched the Bulls of […]
235. James Scared Stupid
Nashville, my first location gig. The movie was nothing to brag about — Ernest Scared Stupid — but three months away from my shitty Hollywood apartment sounded good. I needed a break […]
Deep Cuts: Songs for Stars
Los Angeles is a great place to be young and starstruck. You might meet a future Oscar winner at your cruddy day job, or get hit on by a faded star at […]
Deep Cuts: Songs About Change
Change is a bastard. Nothing leaves us feeling more naked and vulnerable (other than being naked) than having our little snowball shaken up. Whether the end result is good, bad, planned, unexpected, […]
Deep Cuts: 1988-89
Late 1988/early 1989 was a brilliant time musically, hair metal and Rick Astley aside.
