Long-time readers will know that my son Nick plays guitar in – and writes music for – a post-rock band called Pray for Sound. I’ve mentioned their previous albums here and here and here. I won’t repeat what I said in those posts but they … Continue reading Featured Album – Waves – Pray for Sound (post-rock)
“There isn’t anything more important to me than writing well. It’s how I judge myself and how I feel best.” – Randy Newman. He cites Ray Charles as his greatest influence growing up, stating, “I loved Charles’ music to excess.” Wikipedia: Randy Newman was born in … Continue reading Randy Newman – Master Songwriter
Finally, patient long-term readers of this blog are thinking. ME is finally saying something intelligent by featuring PJ. Well, no, you’ll have to keep waiting for some smart words to leak from these pages. But in the meantime, enjoy some Pearl Jam. One out of … Continue reading A Six-Pack of Pearl Jam
And they wandered in From the city of St. John Without a Dime Spotify link Sitting in a dead-end street across from the Boston Common, The Orpheum Theater – it says here – is one of “the oldest theaters in the United States. It was … Continue reading Concert Review – The Royal Scam – Steely Dan at the Orpheum Boston
You might be tempted to think that this tribute to the former Cream-ster was precipitated by the recent death of Ginger Baker. Well, yes and no. Back in 2005, the band re-formed to play some shows at Royal Albert Hall. (Which, BTW, now they know … Continue reading An ME Tribute to Jack Bruce
So the story here is that I kept seeing these advertisements for a guy named Scott Freiman in conjunction with something called Deconstructing the Beatles that was showing up periodically at small local theaters. After a little research I found out that these were – … Continue reading The ‘Deconstructing the Beatles’ Series – a Critique
Recently, when Ginger Baker died, I re-blogged my post about Cream. Now that I have four years of posts, it made me realize it might be a good idea to periodically re-blog stuff that I dd when I had, like, one follower. So from October … Continue reading My Favorite Rock Songs (1) – Top Ten
