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Music is an Art Form Whose Medium is Sound So begins the Wikipedia entry for music. Seems so simple. And yet, what does that mean? Sound. Airwaves manipulated so...
Ain’t That America: Enid, OK There’s a street in Enid, OK called Roman Nose Drive. I find this both amusing and fascinating. Street name etymology...
It Was 20 Years Ago Today Summer 1990. I was working at the mid-grade Italian restaurant Bel Canto. A good summer job that had become full-time...
  • Song of the Week: Rock & Roll Suicide, by David Bowie0July 3, 2010

    Song of the Week: Rock & Roll Suicide, by David Bowie

    Despite my mild pedestal-knocking of the Thin White Duke a few months ago, I am an unabashed David Bowie fan,...

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  • Summer Nights4June 21, 2010

    Summer Nights

    It’s the first day of summer and I can only vaguely recall the hyper thrill of stashing my schoolbooks and...

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  • Song of the Week: Tomorrow Tomorrow, by The Bee Gees1June 15, 2010

    Song of the Week: Tomorrow Tomorrow, by The Bee Gees

    Shame. Shame on me for this being my first Bee Gees Song of the Week. What the hell has been...

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  • Song of the Week: Once Is Enough, by Aerosmith0June 1, 2010

    Song of the Week: Once Is Enough, by Aerosmith

    From the Glimmer Twins to the Toxic Twins, but this time the circumstances are reversed.  Last time I featured a blistering...

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  • Song of the Week: C***sucker Blues, by Beasts of Bourbon0May 23, 2010

    Song of the Week: C***sucker Blues, by Beasts of Bourbon

    Sometimes fate steps in.  A couple weeks back, Matt was in L.A. working on songs for the new album.  I...

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  • Song of the Week: Kings of the Wild Frontier, by Adam & the Ants0May 16, 2010

    Song of the Week: Kings of the Wild Frontier, by Adam & the Ants

    After a particularly difficult half of sophomore year at USC, I dropped out of college. The music education I had...

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  • Song of the Week: Stand or Fall, by The Fixx3May 6, 2010

    Song of the Week: Stand or Fall, by The Fixx

    Gateway drugs. Not the best thing in the literal sense but when it comes to music it’s been the gateway...

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  • Like A Lion1April 29, 2010

    Like A Lion

    March was a month of extremes.  From playing at Carnegie Hall to starting sessions for the new Matt Nathanson record;...

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