Charlie Is My Darling – The Rolling Stones Juggernaut Continues
With two documentaries, several high profile gigs, a decent new single and another career-spanning collection, the longest-lasting act in rock is gathering no moss.
The most intriguing ... Continue Reading →
FatCat PowerBar – Technology Review
I have been road-testing this cool device for the last several weeks, and I expect folks in the path of Sandy wish they had one on hand.
Designed especially for travel, this slim unit ... Continue Reading →
WAGING HEAVY PEACE by Neil Young (Blue Rider Press)
If anyone was going to place a bet several decades ago whether the era’s popular musicians would be writing intriguing autobiographies many years later, the odds would have been rather ... Continue Reading →
FUTURE PERFECT: The Case For Progress in a Networked Age, by Steven Johnson
The first book I read by Johnson (“Everything Bad for You is Good”) turned my head 180 degrees about everything from video games to TV. The next book I read by him (“Where Good ... Continue Reading →
Ian Anderson / Jethro Tull – Living in the Past and the Digital Future
Jethro Tull is one of the poster child bands for 1970s progressive rock. Although leader Ian Anderson took his share of slings and arrows over the years, his concert grosses probably ... Continue Reading →
David Byrne and St. Vincent: new album and tour collaboration “Love This Giant”
David Bryne has become a bit of an éminence grise in various fields. He published a book called Bicycle Diaries a few years ago and undertook a series of steps to encourage urban ... Continue Reading →
Nick Lowe
One of the gems of British music is making an all too swift solo acoustic tour of the colonies. I caught up with Nick Lowe during the London Olympics, and he admitted he was one of ... Continue Reading →
BRIGHT LIGHTS, NO CITY: An African Adventure on Bad Roads With a Brother and a Very Weird Business Plan, by Max Alexander
This book tells the amusing tale of two brothers who venture to one of the poorest countries on the planet in an effort to apply some Yankee entrepreneurship to a crippling problem. ... Continue Reading →
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