I’ve spent decades writing about music. I backed away from that as a constant pursuit several years ago because the things people were willing to pay me to write about, in terms of bands/artists/records were mostly things that I had a hard time finding anything positive to say about. …
Tommy Ramone has left the building. There are no more original Ramones. There are, unfortunately, many bands who sold more records, but you would find it difficult to name any band other than the Beatles who had more of a profound influence on the course of pop music and pop …
Finding motivation to exercise over the holidays can be tough. One thing that can help – energetic music to get you in the mood to move. Here’s an hour-ish of music to get your feet movin’. Merry Christmas, all.
Ray Manzarek: Xs Exene Cervenka, John Doe remember a friend – latimes.com. I unabashedly love the Doors. Always have. I never connected to most of the music that came out of the Summer of Love. But the first time I heard the Doors I heard something I connected with. I …
Dave Grohl’s SXSW 2013 Keynote Speech : NPR. This man gets it.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Van. Thanks to Greg Utter for posting this to his FB account. Reminded me a lot of touring, and everything… every word, Jon Wurster says in the article is true, and applies equally well to guitar players, bassists and singers as …
I’m going to lighten it up here a bit. Lots of heavy stuff posted in the past few days, and then oddly enough, I look at my site stats and see that one of the most popular posts on this here site is my annual dress-down of the pop charts …
Iron Butterfly bassist Lee Dorman dies at age 70.
Taking baby steps back into the fold here. I sent this to a dear friend earlier today: 5 things that signal to people that your band sucks and you are a clueless douche: 1) You wear Hawaiian shirts on stage 2) You hang a banner with your band name & …
I used to clutter up this space at the end of every year with a smart-allecky list of the top records of the year, followed by feeble attempts to find a witty way to say “I have no idea who any of these artists are, but they all suck. Now …
