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...
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...
Donald “Duck” Dunn, R.I.P.
Did you know how great this guy was? Nevermind the fact that his best friend,...
Ian Anderson: Living in the Present
However unwittingly, Ian Anderson wrote his artistic epitaph all the way back in 1976. “Too...
Every Day is Mother’s Day (Revisited)
I’m fortunate, in a sense, to be the type of person that gets more sentimental...
Here’s Johnny, Redux
I may have to go purchase a five gallon (ten gallon?) hat just so I...
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in...
Maurice Sendak, R.I.P.
This is a tough one for anyone born after 1960. That said, it must have...
Beauty and The Beast, Featuring Sonny Sharrock
The name alone is epic: Sonny Sharrock. I won’t resist the urge, because I can’t,...
Adam Yauch, R.I.P.
This hurts. Word is hitting the wires that Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, has succumbed to...