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Greatest Un-Hits: Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run” (1988)
We’re deep into (Give Adele and that silent dog movie all of the) award(s) season, so this week I’m looking at an inadequately performing song that won a lot of major awards from the
Read More »Bootleg City: Only the Good Die Young (The Rest Pray for Early Parole)
The incarcerated mayor of Bootleg City was deeply disappointed to hear that HarperCollins has canceled the publication of Billy Joel's memoir, The Book of Joel, but a 1976 bootleg of the Piano Man in
Read More »Versionality: “Into the Mystic”
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Kelly Stitzel discusses her favorite Van Morrison song and its many cover versions
Read More »CD Review: Delaney & Bonnie, “On Tour With Eric Clapton” (Deluxe Edition)
By the time On Tour with Eric Clapton was released in 1970, the husband/wife pairing of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett could loosely be placed in the category of “seasoned veterans” within the music industry,
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Rock End of the ’80s, Part 10
This week we continue on with the letter C and visit some more tracks that hit the rock charts but never crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1980s. Tom Cochrane &
Read More »Soundtrack Saturday: “Bull Durham”
Scott Malchus pinch-hits for Kelly Stitzel with a post on Ron Shelton's classic baseball film, Bull Durham (1988)
Read More »DVD Review: “Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music Director’s Cut”
There’s a well-known saying that if you think Woodstock was great, you weren’t there. The point is that the mud, drugs, lack of food and water, and often bad music made the whole thing
Read More »Popdose Flashback: Michael Bolton, “Soul Provider”
In Bull Durham, Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis chides Nuke LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) for his laziness and lack of focus on the game of baseball. “You got a gift,” he says. “When you were
Read More »Nine Hills in Seven Short Days: Joe Cocker @ The Nokia Theatre
For the least two years, the area in front of the Staples Center has been the site of a massive construction project, the behemoth “LA Live” complex. Costing approximately $2.5 billion, the complex is
Read More »Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 19
You know, there are times when even I’ve had enough of ’80s music. It’s hard to believe that since I’m still acquiring “new” music all the time, but sometimes I need something more. One
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