“This one anyway was a straight co-written song for George.” – Paul McCartney “That was written for George to give him a piece of the action.” – John Lennon Like most old musicians, my […]
I’m Happy Just to Dance with You: one for George…
I Feel Fine: John Lennon, rule breaker…
“That’s me completely. Including the electric guitar lick and the record with the first feedback anywhere. I defy anybody to find a record – unless it’s some old blues record in 1922 – that […]
Your Daily Devotional for August 14, 2017
Maybe someone will do an alternate history show about what it would be like if the Nazis had lost the 2016 election. Your Daily Devotional is a lightly-edited entry from my Twitter […]
Toward a geography of rock: part 3, the South – looking backward to go forward…
Joke told around Harvard Yard: “Q: How many Southerners does it take to change a light bulb? A: Five – one to change the bulb and four more to talk about how […]
Honey Pie: Paul McCartney, music hall crooner
“Both John and I had a great love for music hall, what the Americans call vaudeville… I very much liked that old crooner style, the strange fruity voice that they used, so […]
The Sky
You need to look up more often, Sparky. My S&R Tokyo series will return periodically. From now on I’m doing things at random, ‘cause entropy needs love too. It rained a little […]
STEP RIGHT UP! It’s Dr. Cho’s Magical UnSplash Elixir!
You give it to us. We make money it on it. I think the word you’re looking for is “pimp.” The medicine show is back in town. Meet Mikael Cho, entrepreneur, and […]
Twilight of the gods: a musicologist considers the work of the Beatles…
Mellers’ exploration of the Beatles as a group and as solo artists is rich in insight; anyone who wants to understand both the musicology and the psychology of the Fab Four owes […]
A geography of rock: pt 2, the Northeast – NY, Philly, Boston, art, money, and soul…
“Out of some subway scuttle, cell or loft A Bedlamite speeds to thy parapets, Tilting there momently, shrill shirt ballooning, A jest falls from the speechless caravan.” – Hart Crane (Read part […]
Is J.K Rowling the last truly global literary icon?
So I was switching channels a couple of weeks ago during the rain delay at Wimbledon, and hit a Harry Potter movie, which I am always happy to waste some time on. […]
