FRIDAY RANDOM NOISE: Malcolm Young, Captain Sensible, and why I have issues with both Joe Jackson and the Flintstones
It is my understanding that AC/DC is readying a new album and tour without founding guitarist Malcolm Young. I…
July 10, 2014-
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This Is The Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Song
Rock’n’roll is a beautiful lie. A gorgeous, shimmering, inspiring, invigorating, energizing, calming, challenging, reassuringly ordinary beast…but a beautiful lie.…
July 10, 2014 -
My First Baseball Game. Your First Baseball Game.
Yesterday, July 8, was the 45th anniversary of my first visit to a Major League Baseball game. Of…
July 9, 2014 -
Random Noise: Wilko Johnson, Pink Floyd, Scott Walker and What Elvis Costello Needs to Apologize for Right Now
No faux Joseph Mitchell reminiscences today, or Thor-babbling, just random noise. If I could anoint THE GREATEST LIVING HUMAN…
July 8, 2014 -
20 Years Ago Today I Started a Spectacular Voyage with Hootie and the Blowfish
People might tell you something is impossible, unfeasible, and ridiculous; but you do it anyway, because you think it’s…
July 5, 2014 -
3 Reasons Why the NYPD’s Crackdown on Subway Showtime Guys is a Good Thing
There’s nothing like feeling like you’ve been heard. Last year, we posted 5 reasons that “it’s showtime” in the…
July 4, 2014 -
Declaration of Independence: July 4 1970, Great Neck
When I was a child, I would dutifully clip the facsimile Declaration of Independence that appeared on the back…
July 4, 2014 -
Jim Morrison and the Dreaded Rear Admiral
First order of business — The New York Times correction of the day (which, quite bizarrely, appeared at conclusion…
July 3, 2014 -
Thor Takes On Time Warner Cable!
Yesterday, I spent four hours on the phone with Time Warner Cable, accomplishing absolutely nothing. I reckon that the…
July 2, 2014 -
Shall we name the world’s most underrated rock band?
Since we are in the midst of the quadrennial potpourri of bonhomie known as the World Cup, it seems…
July 1, 2014