The Mix June 28th, 2009: Broken
Unbreakable – Michael Jackson Round about here Jackson was morphing into and r&b guy to the exclusion of any halfway […]
Unbreakable – Michael Jackson Round about here Jackson was morphing into and r&b guy to the exclusion of any halfway […]
Robert Nevin reviews 10ccs “pop masterpiece” “Deceptive Bends” I think most people stopped at “The Things We Do For Love”,
My friend Robert Nevin’s taste in music gives the term eclectic whole new vistas of meaning; he obsesses over the
The thrill of pop music is the thrill of the new: the instantly disposable built to last surprise of the
Michael Jackson died today at the age of fifty. An American tragedy as awful as that of Elvis Presley ends
Conor, my old friend, it’s me, Iman. How could you do this to me? Me, your faithful as a horse
Diana Krall: Jazz Superstar, long, blonde, luscious, intimidating, in a black skirt and heels, has turned away from her piano
From today’s New York Times Science section, the earliest known musical instrument dating back 35,000 years to the stone age.
Somewhere during the first act of the “Rock of Ages” at the Minskoff on Broadway I could feel my eyes
D.O.A. (Death Of Auto- Tune) – Jay-ZWhy did he do this? So he can say Justin Timberlake beat him to
WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS
Craigslist – Weird “Al” Yankovic The problem with Weird “Al” is that there is never a natural connection between his
Louba Lababedi comments on her beloved Judy (and Liza). I was introduced to Judy Garland(besides Wizard of Oz) in 1999
I haven’t done much album reviewing on this blog and that isn’t solely because I am more likely to buy
Our intrepret young reporter Marie Lynn went to Nashville and posted this review of the Country Music Festival 2009 As
Kris Kristoffesson once said love is the last thing to go but having seen such greats as Mel Torme, Peggy
One of my favorite photographers is Bob Klein, a man who ridiculously shares this gift with friends and family only
What constitutes a performer whose life and art is so mingled it is impossible to think of what without the
Half an hour into her joyful set at the Beacon Theater last night regina Spektor has completely lost her place.
In anticipation of McCartney’s concert at Citifield this July, a look back at his recorded works. It is difficult (not
My friend Bari Wartell (we saw Conor at “Other Music” together last year) when asked for a couple of lines
Please let me help Juliana Hatfield a little and explain to her what her problem as a musician is: she
Poker Face – Lady GagaToo Tough – The Rolling StonesTomorrow – Paul McCartney Off Wing’s loudly maligned “Wild Life” in
Listening to songs off Mos Def’s pretty good new album “The Ecstatic” I wonder what he learnt playing Chuck Berry
It’s a good question and the answer is maybe. It is certainly accessible enough, by Bjork’s standards even more than
Have you ever seen the Britcom “Goodnight Sweetheart”? A man finds a pothole between London in the 1990s and 1942
I mentioned yesterday I thought the New York Times music pages were the best in the business and not just
First Costello was awesome and then he was fair to middling for an hour and a half and then he
I loved the movie though i can understand why people may have had problems with it. And I think “The
It is one of gods’ great jokes that on the first song of the first side of his first album
Rock That Body – Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas From “The Energy Never Dies” -their
In the letter from the editor for the Kings Of Leon Rolling Stone cover story, the editor Will Dana brags
Oh Yeah -ChickenfootSoap On A Rope – Chickenfoot“Got money, got fame, fast cars and everything”. Who do they think they
I wish I could get the picture from my cell on my blog so you could see as much as
I don’t suffer from social nostalgia. I don’t believe the past was better than today, I know it was worse.
Sound City was my local record store in Long island City till I stopped frequenting the place a couple of
Heart Of Gold – Neil YoungOnly Love Can Break Your Heart – Crosby, Stills, Nash and YoungEverybody Knows This Is
In August of 1962 I was five years old and on vacation in Bournemouth, a somewhat working class vacation resort
Just A Friend – Biz Markie Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool Have you seen the Heinekin ad
Have you ever known a person who seem perfectly nice and everybody thinks he is just wonderful but for some
“Who remembers Rudolf Hess?”-Warsaw Manchester, England is my home time. A rainy, grimy, miserable place half an hour from Liverpool
I actually found a list on The Onion of 8 song about sexual mishaps and they are quite right –
2009 appears to have awaken from its winter slumber with the third good week in a row. Not great, mind
I know, it’s terrible right? I mean, not only were they the early 80s saving grace rockwise but a) my
At first glance Olivia Newton-John’s career trajectory appears to be a refraction on the Sandy charecter she played in the
A Change Is Going To Come – Adam LambertHe was a standby for the road production of “Wicked” which, if
One of my very favorite novels is Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” (she is absolutely my favorite) but as novels go
Greatest album of all time? “Sgt Peppers,” Best? “Are You Experienced”? My fave? No contest: from Steve Nieve’s Booker T