R.I.P. Chuck Brown and Donna Summer or, 1979 Forever
Sean MurphyWhen you mourn an artist who helped make your life better, it is inexorably a selfish act. So first and foremost, R.I.P. Chuck Brown and Donna Summer. I hope your…
Jethro Tull: Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll…Too Young To Die!
Once again I'm indebted to my man Robert Rodriguez (and once again: if you are a music fan and especially if you are a Beatles fan, you need to get…
Donald “Duck” Dunn, R.I.P.
Did you know how great this guy was? Nevermind the fact that his best friend, the equally brilliant Steve "The Colonel" Cropper --who played with him for more than four…
Ian Anderson: Living in the Present
However unwittingly, Ian Anderson wrote his artistic epitaph all the way back in 1976. “Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young To Die!”, the hit from the album of…
Every Day is Mother’s Day (Revisited)
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental about the times I read a certain book or heard a particular album than I…
Here’s Johnny, Redux
I may have to go purchase a five gallon (ten gallon?) hat just so I can properly tip it to the good folks at Sabotage Times for unearthing this gem.…
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry is beginning to spring a rather unseemly leak. Sounds like art may have…
Maurice Sendak, R.I.P.
This is a tough one for anyone born after 1960. That said, it must have been indescribably gratifying for Sendak to know that an entire generation (and then their kids,…
Beauty and The Beast, Featuring Sonny Sharrock
The name alone is epic: Sonny Sharrock. I won't resist the urge, because I can't, to pick a low-hanging pun and opine that Sonny put the rock back in jazz.…
Adam Yauch, R.I.P.
This hurts. Word is hitting the wires that Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, has succumbed to cancer. This is awful news, obviously, but also surprising since it sounded like he had…