Planet Bowie
Two miraculous events occurred recently, one earthbound and the other interstellar, and though no one has linked them directly, it is becoming more and more obvious that they are inevitably […]
Sounds of Music
Five For A Buck
There used to be a bar I loved. There have been many over the years. Almost all of them were dives and there ain’t an ounce of irony in that […]
Talking Timbuktu
You have to marvel at a culture that prides itself on intolerance, denial and annihilation. No, this is not another rant on our gridlocked, be-uncooperative-at-any-cost US Senate, though they do […]
Any Requests, Motherf*%!ers?
In 1979, a fella with a guitar proclaimed, hey hey, my my, rock’n’roll can never die, and for all he knew, it probably held water, or at least a few […]
The Magic Bowl Part 1
Private Ritual, Public Display There’s no better immersion into the vast canon of classical music than an al fresco, starlit night at the Hollywood Bowl. It’s a testament to Los […]
The Magic Bowl, Part 2 – Madness and Musical Creativity
Grand Tours, as they were known in the 17th Century, were responsible for educating and ultimately inspiring our most famous composers. The idea is believed to have originated in England. After an […]
Note For Note
Honoring America’s Cultural Foundation It can be argued with some confidence that there are no American art forms more authentic and influential than Jazz and Blues. Not even baseball, which […]
Unlimited Austin – Part 1, Everything’s Bigger In Texas
It was amidst the torpid deluge of sweat from the predominantly under 25 crowd at The Coachella Music Festival where I realized, with unsullied clarity, just how much better the […]
Unlimited Austin – Part 2 Dionysus in Cowboy Boots
I’ve often heard it said that a band “hits the stage”. For those who weren’t ever sure why, see Gogol Bordello, an interracial myriad of gypsy troubadours who hit the […]
I Me Mine
(Originally published in Elmore Magazine) It was somewhere between the birth of Napster and credit default swaps– when the rest of our understanding of how markets work went out the […]