The Mystery Spot

He was no hero. (12/22/02) Yet there was such a passion to his music and that of the Clash that you could not ignore. They were loud, po...

2010 has been a year of electronic loss: The hard drive in the laptop fried out, while little music was not backed up, many photographs, fol...

Pretty heavy rain moved through here about 3AM. Everyone else is still asleep. The kid needs his sleep as he's been sick the past few da...

After about a three year absence, the new Sakert record was released in August. Readers here know that Sakert = Annika Norlin = Hello Saferi...

Friday night I saw the most memorable blending of rock and roll and theater. Roger Waters "The Wall" is the theater Ray Davies cou...

Picked this up on cd yesterday. Yoko is now officially scraping the bottom of the barrel with all the remasters and compliations that have b...

Been listening to Write About Love, the latest from Belle and Sebastian for the last couple of mornings. I'm concluding that, with this ...

Survived the weekend festivities. While driving into Fredonia on Saturday afternoon I heard two friends on the campus station. The alumni to...

Yeah, he went there. This guy is brilliant, a shame he does not tour in the U.S. due to a lack of a market.

Had a very relaxing weekend in the middle of nowhere, Ohio. It was good to unplug, even though we discovered the cabin had Direct TV. The wo...

Spoonful Records came through again, without even asking. The owner posted that he had some new vinyl in, including Mumford & Sons ...

Really. Legend.

After many listenings, both at home and in the car, I’ve concluded that Arcade Fire’s latest bores the crap out of me. A big revelation in t...

The new lenses arrived yesterday. Immediately on fitting I noticed the bifocals, unlike the last lenses I had which were supposed to be bifo...

I was so excited a few months ago when it was announced that Squeeze and Cheap Trick would be touring, together. I had never seen either ban...

It can be a drag when two events you want to attend happen at the same time. I bought two tickets to the Mumford & Sons show before I fo...

He made a cameo on the God Help the Girl album last year. "Is that Neil Hannon?" My wife asked. I had no idea who he was. She sent...

Not much to report. Spring is here in Ohio. The days lengthen, the temperature is warming up, the Mets are sucking and the Blue Jackets are ...

My Scottish Wife asked me about a place we went to, long ago. "You know, the place with the tap handles that were all high. I had a veg...

The car is falling apart. The rear window windshield wiper arm broke off in my hand one frozen morning. The driver's side bezel for the ...