2022 Off To A Punk-Ass Start: Rachel Nagy of Detroit Cobras Dead!
2022 isn't even a month old and the music world has lost the force of nature that was Rachel Nagy, singer for the Detroi…
Read more2022 isn't even a month old and the music world has lost the force of nature that was Rachel Nagy, singer for the Detroi…
Read moreLet's say that you came of age at a time, long before the internet, when the ONLY way to get your song ideas down in som…
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Read moreBehind every #1 hit single is a story that, if known to the world-at-large, would be just as popular. I'm talking the st…
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Read moreWho the fuck am I, you ask? Nobody, BUT I did negotiate my own record deals in the 1980's, my friends. No manager, no la…
Read more"What's a gal supposed to think when she sees THIS on top of a pile of records?!" Got a few notes from some of…
Read more1. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars Shortly after landing my first record store cle…
Read moreAs we celebrate Kinks singer/songwriter Ray Davies' birthday today, I am reminded of the time back in the summer of 1980…
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Read moreLong before the interweb and Pro Tools, recording studios were kinda like bigfoot in that you hardly ever saw one up close,…
Read moreThe general consensus among music fans is that most rock stars enjoy nothing more than talking about themselves. This may be…
Read moreThe stereotype of the bald(ing), cigar-chomping, polyester suit-wearing record executive of the '60s and '70s was 10…
Read moreWho was the weakest link in each of the following bands? The Monkees - Peter (yet he's my favorite) The Who - John (but …
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