Five Songs for April 15
Sean MurphyHappy Tax Day! The Beatles: Pink Floyd: Jethro Tull: Jimi Hendrix: Spinal Tap:
John Zorn at 60
I’ve written a great deal about John Zorn (in some detail here and here, and his...
Time Stand Still: Why Rush Belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
First things first. Just because Rush is finally getting inducted into the Rock and Roll...
The Iron Maiden
As far as I’m concerned, this was Margaret Thatcher’s finest work. (And yes that is...
Neil Young: Long May He Run
It’s better to burn out than to fade away. When Neil Young sang that immortal...
Five From Albert Ayler, For M.L.K.
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to...
Improving Upon Perfection, Part Four: Mick, Keith, Gram and Harriet
Parts 1-3 of this series here, here, and here. Normally I would have at least a little bit...
For You Blue: The Beatles’ ‘Blue Album’, 40 Years Later
It was forty years ago, today. No, really. Check it out: Let us not forget,...
On April Fools’ Day: Celebrating America’s Irreplaceable Court Jester
Take this joke, please. Or this one: Funny, for sure. But cut with way more...
The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I’ve led,...