“Repect the elders. Embrace the new. Encourage the impractical and improbable, without bias.” These words, originally penned by music journalist David Fricke, were the guiding principles by which Vin Scelsa steered his long-running radio show “Idiot’s Delight”, which ends with Scelsa’s retirement on May 2nd. Scelsa’s close to 50-year career was the embodiment of “old…
Author: Rob
Who Was Bunk Dogger?
In the annals of music history, the name “Bunk Dogger” isn’t likely to ring many bells. And before last week, I had never heard of him either. However, I stumbled across a reference to the two strange albums he released in 1978 and 1980: First Offence and The Great Detective. Doing a little more research,…
What Color Is Love?
In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day the store displays and decorations enticing us to buy things are predominantly the color red, with some pink thrown in for good measure. But what color is love, really? Of course love is an emotion, so the only way it can be a specific color is through…
“The Beatles Lyrics”, by Hunter Davies
There are reportedly over 2,000 books about the Beatles. I’ve read probably between five and ten of them. Not a whole lot by some standards, but – along with the many print and online articles I’ve read over the years – I’ve got a fair to very good knowledge of the band. Yet, Hunter Davies’…
Yes Is The Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales)
[A short, unpublished piece I wrote a year or so ago about the book Yes is the Answer (And Other Prog Rock Tales), edited by March Weingarten and Tyson Cornell (2013)] “Yes is the answer.” But what’s the question? Maybe: Why is progressive rock – one of the most reviled, dismissed, sneered at and laughed…
Favorites of 2014
“Time’s gone by Calendar leaves and snows fly” – John Martyn, “Stormbringer” There was a lot of music to eat in 2014. For me, it was one of the richest – in terms of variety and quantity, but also in quality – in recent memory. So much good stuff. And not all of it new….
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