The Mystery Spot

Mitch Easter is the only one left from this record.

Music from the Motion Picture is 10,000 Maniacs first record in 12 years. This is the first video from it and it's lovely. I have a lo...

The Lexicon of Love is one of my favorites. Great pop record from the early eighties. A go to at WCVF and Rascal's. Martin's a bit i...

You will recall this recent post about editing a poem for time. So when I got up to read the poem during last nights slam I was all giddy b...

Sad news that Tom Ardolino, the drummer of NRBQ, has died at the age of 56 after an undisclosed illness. A fine rock drummer, very versatile...

I wrote this during the day, now I'm posting it to keep my mind off the state of Georgia and blood lust. If you listened to college radi...

At around eight last night the news of Gil Scott Heron's death was trending on Twitter. Jamie Byng, who had published some of Heron...

A number of my friends off and online have been working on track listing their lives. I did this a few years back, when I turned 40. Never g...

I am weak, watching the Oscars every year as if they really matter. Ultimately, it's an excuse to open up an inexpensive bottle of spark...