You get what you deserve, Big Star fans, so here are the rest of the tracks from the 2000 bootleg “What’s Goin’ Ahn.” The “rough mixes” of songs from Radio…
Our pals at MusicHelpWeb issue their monthly dispatch from the industry front lines; Jeff Giles helps Rotten Tomatoes count down Clint Eastwood’s 10 best-reviewed directorial efforts; Springsteen cancels his annual…
Badly Drawn Boy – Thunder Road from Uncut Magazine Bruce Springsteen Tribute Volume 1(2003) The Knack – Don’t Look Back from Get the Knack (remastered edition) (1979/2002) John Hiatt –…
Howdy, everybody!Á‚ Happy Halloween!Á‚ Between Tina Turner’s hair and Eddie Money’s face, it’s quite a scary week here at CHART ATTACK!Á‚ Take a look back at what singles were topping…
Chances are youÁ¢€â„¢ve already missed Halloween. No, not the carving of the pumpkins or the trick-or-treating, which IÁ¢€â„¢ll feel less foolish doing when I bring my daughter. (IÁ¢€â„¢m a sucker…
SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three Witches first witch: Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. second witch: Thrice and once the hedge-pig…
DoesnÁ¢€â„¢t it seem like just a decade since the protagonists of our current national melodrama began taking the stage? John McCain announced his candidacy on David Letterman Á¢€” only to…
Yup, yours truly is taking a week off to get all his ducks in a row. Have you ever tried getting ducks in a row? Damn buggers won’t stand still…
Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson founded Scottish punk band the Skids in 1977 – and if that second name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you know Adamson’s more famous combo,…
Gather ’round the fire, kids–at least if you’re in upstate New York, which got slammed with 20 inches of snow in places, even though the calendar alleges it’s still October–and…
Birthday wishes: IÁ¢€â„¢ve never given much credence to the old Á¢€Å“make a wish and blow out the candlesÁ¢€ bit simply because most of my wishes, my birthday wishes, never came…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
“When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demonaic fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand…
For women who want to make it in the all too male-dominated music industry – and music journalism in particular – writer Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna is an inspiration. Her name has…
The Gospel of Bob I’ve known some pretty serious Bob Dylan fans. They’ll talk at length about the merits of underappreciated albums like Street Legal and Self Portrait. They’ll travel…
When I was in my early 20s, I worked for a major concert promoter here in New Jersey. I recall that each time I walked into his office, I would…
Ry Cooder – The UFO Has Landed (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) It’s a hundred degrees in the shade, easy, and you’ve been hiding from the worst of the heat…
Sometimes, itÁ¢€™s not whom you know, but whom you call family. The interwebs are not very forthcoming about the origins and chart history of Boogie Box High, the nom de…
New baby = less time. Imagine that. I was somehow under the impression that sleepless nights were going to give me plenty of free time to continue to write meaningless…
“When they separated, Peter bent down to the two halves of the mirror and held his palm over one of the pieces. A delicious wind (the one song which is…
As you’ve surely heard by now, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham are planning on launching a Led Zeppelin tour and album without Robert Plant, and are “trying…
When I was growing up, I remember my father used to keep a credit card hidden in the back of his closet.Á‚ It was one of those Á¢€Å“In case of…
There’s never been a musical trend that Cher has been afraid to jump upon.Á‚ From watered down hippie-dippy love songs to disco to adult contemporary schlock, the Dark Lady has…
In just two short years, the Happy Hollows have racked up some impressive milestones since their formation in L.A. Á¢€” theyÁ¢€â„¢ve released two EPs (with a full-length album on the…
Because I’m in a giving mood (and because no one, and I mean no one, ever comes to our house for candy on Halloween), I thought I would load up…
“It turned out that everyone in the prison had a zombie contingency plan, once you asked them, just like everyone in prison had a prison escape plan, only nobody talked…
After a vacation summering in beautiful Silver Lake, California (aka, barhopping),Á‚ John C. Hughes and the world’s foremost Belinda Carlisle impersonator, a.k.a. his buddy Matty (or “Bearlinda,” if you prefer),…
Last week’s column opened by noting that, when you hear the name “Don Dixon,” you’re probably more likely to think of him in terms of his production career than for…
All right, you super-smart, wily bastards. This quiz is being assembled shortly after you disemboweled Games Four and Five. Time to step up the attack somewhat. Below are magnified fragments…
Whether you were a child of the Á¢€â„¢60s or (like me) of the Á¢€â„¢70s, the BeatlesÁ¢€â„¢ perpetual presence on the radio seemed something of a birthright. Every Á¢€Å“officialÁ¢€ Beatles single…