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The liner notes read like a warning on a pack of cigarettes: “This material was recorded on analog equipment, ignoring modern noise reduction techniques. We pay our humble respects to the mighty gods of analog tape who have shown us both their destructive power and their compassionate mercy”
In the space usually dedicated to gear [...]

I have historically avoided doing the fund raising thing on my blog, this one, Facebook, etc… but I have just been made aware of a situation that compels me to ask anyone who will listen to consider lending a hand even in these economically trying times. A national treasure needs our help. On January 15th [...]

In response to Tom’s query “one bit of media that touched your life in the last year”…
If forced to pick, I would have to select Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream” (well covered here at Newcritics by my esteemed collegue in all things rock Mr. Ted Wilson esq.). It’s been a while since something [...]

(Cross post from over at my place. All apologies to Blue Girl for all the colorful language, but you know how it is when someone’s messing with a friend of yours)

So last night I and another buddy of mine went to call on an old guitar player friend that we hadn’t seen in [...]

Yeah my baby called me up said I done made her mad
she’s takin’ me off for everything that I had
ran out of town and now she’s come back
got Van Halen wailin’ on the stereo eight track
watch out baby that’s what I said
there’s a red light, road block, bridge out ahead
- Georgia Satellites - Red Light
My [...]

“Does anyone know where the love of God goes…?” I’ve had that unattributed lyric in my head for over thirty years. Many times I’ve sat down in attempt to scribe a few words for a riff I’ve come up with, and that lyric has found a way to the surface time and time again. [...]

You know that we do take away,
We deliver too.
Open twenty four hours babe,
Just waiting on a call from you…

Thru and Thru is a Keith Richards track David Chase dug out from the obscurity mine of post heyday Rolling Stones albums for his hit HBO series The Sopranos. He let the tune play over the [...]

I write this post at great risk of sounding much older than my 42 years, but my lack of diction and eloquence coupled with the fact that I regrettably paid exactly zero attention during any writing class throughout high school and college leaves me with this handicap that I alone am accountable for.
The fact that [...]