Dirty There’s nothing scientific about this list, nor do I claim it as any kind of “music journalism”. I just hacked out some thoughts on the albums that I’ve enjoyed most since January 1st. The criteria basically came down to […]
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I’ve just been notified of the passing of Clarence Clemons, a/k/a “The Big Man”, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen’s legendary E Street Band. I’m not a Bruce “super fan” nor do I really know much about Clarence. I know he […]
The Dirty Old One Man Band from Austin Texas, Scott H. Biram, rocked the best joint in St. Louis (Off Broadway) last Friday night, June 10th. You can expect a review of the show coming soon, and hear my interview […]
Last night I learned the secret of healthy living and longevity. I always wondered how so many of the hard-living, hard-luck folks you see in the beyond-dirt-poor areas of the almost-Third World southern states live so stinkin’ long and through […]
If you’re going to see T-Model Ford tonight at Off Broadway in St. Louis, it just occurred to me that I left a vital piece of information out of the blog post I wrote about him the other day… If […]
People like you and I don’t know people like T-Model Ford. Sure, we hear about them from time to time, but it’s always in some very far off, mythical sense. T-Model Ford is one of the original blues artists on […]
I saw Social Distortion in concert for the fifth time last night (not including having seen Mike Ness solo twice). As I sit here today with ringing in my ears and that “cotton-y” feeling in my head, I can’t help […]
Saturday was Record Store Day – an international celebration of local, independent music retailers – and as part of the occasion John Doe and Jill Sobule delivered an in-store concert at Euclid Records in St. Louis (they’d performed the night […]
I’m not sure I can do this justice…but something as magnificent as this deserves a mention of some kind. One of my greatest heroes, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis […]
Pearl Jam’s been around for 20 years? How can that be? I remember buying Pearl Jam’s debut album, “Ten”. It came out my freshman year of high school and for whatever reason I was early on the bandwagon. Actually, I […]
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