I am a rock and roll lifer and always listen to music when driving. Before manufacturers realized the importance, I’d upgrade sound systems in new cars first thing. Like the day I drove them out of the dealership. I’ve had any number of moments like the one I’m considering this day. When I hear a […]
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I am not a health professional. I have not played one on television. Nor did I dispense with medical advice during my years of shticking my way through public radio malarkey. But I am today ready for my close up. Willing to share the way I’ve discovered to gain some serenity in this cockamamie world. […]
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Like a hellhound they are on my trail. The G.L.G.V.F. Greater Louisville Grammar Vigilante Force. Came home from a dinner with friends the other evening and there at my doorstep was a card which read, “READ THIS BOOK.” It was affixed to a copy of Strunk and White’s “The Elements of Style.” All those nightmares […]
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So, yeah, the heat is hot, humiture is on the rise. It’s time for my favorite summer album on the box, thirty five minutes of respite from the heat and wackomundoness about in the world. And you know a hit of solid New Orleans vibe. Allen Toussaint’s Southern Nights is one of my very favorite […]
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You a rock & roller? Itching for a fight? You’re hangin’ with pals who love the tuneage as much as you do. Here’s a sure fire starter. Throw out a declaration, a definitive statement, a proclamation that XXXXXX is The Best Live Album of All Time. Here’s a suggestion. For your own personal safety. But […]
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When I mentioned recently to a fellow rock & roll addict that I’d spent my early morning during breakfast revisiting the great 1987 documentary, “Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock & Roll,” he wondered how that came about? A long and winding road for certain. Serpentine. As my thought processes tend to be these days. Briefly. […]
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The lede shall not be buried. The sequel to “This is Spinal Tap” is not as good as the original. It happens. There’s only one “Godfather 2.” Only one “Astral Weeks.” Only one “Guernica.” That settled, next question: Should there have been a sequel? After all, the original is a masterwork. It essentially invented the […]
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Impulsive compulsive consumerizer that I am, it doesn’t take much. So, I was toast when the face stared out at me from the ‘zine rack by checkout at Jeff Bezos’ grocery store — purposely there to snare a dude with my predilection. From the way back machine. Someone I haven’t thought about for decades frankly. […]
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Screen door slams/ Mary’s dress sways/ Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays It is the opening line of the opening tune of Bruce Springsteen’s 1975 masterwork of an album, “Born To Run.” A collection of eight short stories no less relevant and seminal than Salinger’s “Nine Stories,” or Joyce’s […]
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My my my generation is one that grew up learning how to dial a rotary phone, which plugged into the wall with wires that ran to a telephone pole outside. Some of us experienced the oddness of family lines, where several households had the same number and could listen in on the others’ calls. True. […]
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It has happened a few times recently. A moment when I’ve been chided with something like, “You’re the Culture Maven, or so you say, but you don’t seem to be posting much about, eh, culture. “The occasional movie review, or another blog about how much you love the Tedeschi Trucks band, but not much else. […]
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Triple entendre, that. The title, that is. First, simply literally. As I was taking care of errands, motoring about the other afternoon, it was a poetic spring day. Sunny. Short sleeve warm. Not too humid. And, oh my, that sky. Azure to infinity. Lazy billowy Cumulus. Layered. Textured. The sort of visual, like the Pacific […]
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Yes, kids, that’s me wearing my personalized Hoopaholic ballcap. All day, Derby Day. Along with a Dr. Gonzo Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved t-shirt. As for the quote on the back above the signature of Randall Ave’s Favorite Tormentor, “From that point on, the weekend became a vicious drunken nightmare,” those days are long […]
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One of Glorious Editor’s cute quirks is his annual call for members of the Commentariat to regurgitate their most mondo bizzaro stories of how they got home from the track on Derby Day. Hey, since, I got the key to the gate, I’ll weigh in. And, triple post it at all my venues. And, in […]
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Since I’m not at JazzFest — COVID shutdown years aside — for the first time since 1990, I’ve decided to repost some of my favorite reports from the past. This from the first Fest after Katrina. Bob’s back at Galatoire’s. Sumptuous and gracefully worn, it’s New Orleans finest old line eatery. Both survived Katrina. So […]
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