R.I.P. Barbara Billingsley, Sit-Com Mom Emeritus
Sean MurphyI don't know about calling her "America's mom", as I'm sure many obituaries will claim, but she was inarguably the "sitcom mom". It's funny. My peers and I (born in…
Selling The Stories Of Our Lives: Technology and Privacy (Part One)
In a recent issue of Esquire there is a humorous feature entitled “Help Us Serve You Better!” which imagines a series of correspondence from various companies. The consumer to which…
The Tomorrow Show: John, Paul, Tom and Ringo (Revisited)
Before Conan O’Brien in the ‘90s and David Letterman in the ‘80s, there was another—even ‘whiter’—dude who regularly hosted many of the hippest artists and promoted some of the best…
Remembering The Things We Learned About Terra As She Taught Us About Ourselves
Boy, it's been a tough two years for dogs in my (and some of my best friends') life: first we lost our beloved Otis in September, 2008; then in Febrary,…
Love Is Old, Love Is New: Another Appreciation of ‘Abbey Road’
I don't even have a question, but here is the answer: Whenever I listen to Abbey Road, I find myself feeling grateful that the collective world of musicians did…
Thank you, Internets! (Another Epic Win for Humanity)
Click on the link to read the story. Just do it. Of course, you don't really need to read the link; just looking at these pics pretty much tells the…
Lighting The Night: For Herbie, My Brother and Someone You Love
First of all, just stop and listen to this: Maybe you're hearing that for the first time and thinking, like I did about a decade or so when I…
Steel (Guitar) This Album
I've long maintained that the judicious use of steel guitar is always one of the ultimate secret weapons of any musical act. I've just never said it out loud. Well,…
It’s Official: The Budos Is Upon Us
First off, can we get an Amen for Daptone Records? You know a label has arrived when you go from being pleasantly surprised at the consistent quality of each new…
Steven Wilson: The Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much (Part Two, The Fury)
Many of Steven Wilson's mostly accurate, but increasingly tedious denunciations of inferior audio can be attributed to genuine motivations. He really does despise digital downloads and looks askance at those…