Author Archive
09 Feb 2010
Bonnaroo 2010 News
I’ve just been informed that John Fogerty will be playing at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester TN. He’ll be on the “main stage” on Sunday June 13. You […]
09 Feb 2010
Album Review: Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory (2010 reissue)
As “Proclamation” — the opening track on Gentle Giant‘s 1974 album The Power and the Glory, newly remastered and reissued in 2010 — unfolds, it may at first seem that […]
08 Feb 2010
DVD Review: The T.A.M.I. Show
One of pop music’s lost treasures has been rescued from obscurity. The legendary and influential film The T.A.M.I. Show has been restored to its original magnificence and is set for […]
05 Feb 2010
Preview of Upcoming Features and Reviews
Lots coming up in this space. Over the next several week I’ll have: Interview with Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues Interview with musician-author-actor-etc. Henry Rollins Interview with Mark Lindsay, […]
04 Feb 2010
Album Review: City Boy – It’s Personal
One look at the cover of It’s Personal, the 1981 album by British foursome City Boy, and there’s no question that this is a product of those new-wavey days. Two […]
03 Feb 2010
“Avant Garde is French for Bullshit.” — John Lennon
Like anyone who does what I do, I get sent a lot of music. MP3 files, CDs, and occasionally vinyl. Sometimes it takes me awhile, but I do listen to […]
02 Feb 2010
Album Review: Frank Sinatra – Strangers in the Night (2010 reissue)
Sure, the title track of Frank Sinatra’s 1966 album Strangers in the Night is sappy, MOR stuff. Impeccably arranged and finding the 51-year old Sinatra in fine vocal form, the […]
01 Feb 2010
Book Review: A Dream Goes On Forever – The Continuing Story of Todd Rundgren, Vol. 2
Covering the life and career of Todd Rundgren is a serious, sprawling undertaking (trust me!). The prolific multi-instrumentalist has recorded and released several dozens albums, first as a member of […]
29 Jan 2010
Album Review: Alice Cooper – Dada
For 1982’s Dada, Alice Cooper brought producer Bob Ezrin back to run the console. Ezrin and Cooper had worked together on many of Cooper’s most commercially successful albums in the […]
28 Jan 2010
Album Review: The City Champs – The Safecracker
The gospel-flavored organ solo that opens the title cut on the City Champs‘ The Safecracker is something of a red herring. Though the sonorous B3 tones suggest that listeners will […]