• 100 is a notable milestone number for lot of things in life, right? If you live long enough, it’s a birthday that astonishes your...

It was all in his hands. I don't need to do a recap or explanation of Jeff Beck's career as a legendary guitar innovator, an anti-rock...

I decided on one last post before I start the deep dive into my “Best of 2022” lists. First, I wanted to offer my appreciation for a...

This list’s pretty self-explanatory, just a couple of quick things to mention. I included films that are pretty much all live performance...

• You know something makes me feel old these days? Commercials make me feel old. Especially commercials for tampons and toilet paper, two...

Lou is in an elite category of musical heroes for me. Like the Stones, Miles, the Beatles, a few others, I lost all ability to be...

• Do you feel frisson?: There’s a recent article on the website Big Think that put a name to a physical experience I’ve enjoyed my whole...

I was taking a leisurely weekend stroll through my local library and came across this book - Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to...

Gotta love the magic of the internet. With a little excavation, you can go back in time to see your favorite artists long before the...

Stop One (Saturday): Saturday was beautiful, sunny and 70s, always appreciated when you know in this state there was every possibility it...

I totally loved these guys when they first arrived in the late 70s. Their first few albums were like a breath of fresh air in the time of...

From what I’ve been able to dig up, the quote “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” likely originated with either...

Last Friday saw some decent new album releases and I enjoyed giving several of them a listen, as always. So far, I’m not sure if any of...

Not everything that springs to mind about the current music scene, or this blog, needs a full post on its own. Every once in a while,...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Record Store Day, a joint promotion between record labels and independent record stores around...

"Mathematics is the music of reason."...James Joseph Sylvester I do love to play around with numbers, almost as much as I enjoy playing...

I’m back after a fine Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of good food and football and family time. I didn’t make it to my local shop for Record...

Back in the prehistoric pre-internet days, when my mother used to hang wet clothes on a line using bird beaks and Dad powered the family...

Cover songs are, of course, everywhere, you hear them all the time in every form of popular music. Not at all uncommon for a semi-popular...

“Rock and roll is the devil’s music!” That was the dire warning from preachers, school boards, and parents back in the 1950s. Elvis was...