Trout Fishing in America

Early in my career there was a moment when fly-fishing had the sort of “this is what businessmen do” character in the way that golf has subsequently become the standard for. I was told by a rather …

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Threefer Thursday: Beck in Detroit

Beck played in Detroit at the Fox Theatre on Monday night (October 12). I wasn’t planning to go, but about a week ago I ended up with a ticket in hand, and I’m so glad I went. It was a super fun sh…

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Why That Ticket May Be Surprisingly Expensive

Recently—as you may know from personal experience—pay increases are not keeping up with the price of things you need to buy. At least that’s the case for many of us. Probably not Live Nation CEO Mi…

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Playlist: The Piranha Tape

Jerry’s brother had a piranha. He was older, in high school already. I remember him being tall and tan and looking effortlessly cool wearing his football jersey and faded jeans. He ignored us…

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Threefer Thursday: Some Choice Lennon Covers

Tomorrow would be John Lennon’s 86th birthday, if he wasn’t taken from the world by that son of a bitch in 1980. RIP John. One of the great rock and roll songwriters, hugely influential on what fol…

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Elliott Smith: Nobody Broke Your Heart

Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith by Jamie Fisher. Dutton/Penguin/Random House (560 pages, $34.00) I read a lot of rock and roll biographies. But I can’t think o…

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My Vinyl Solution: Round Six

The idea of listening to the stuff you already have in order to temper the desire to acquire more more more stuff is good in theory. Consumerism is bad, right? Most of us already have access to mor…

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Sounds Old

Recently, Ringo got quite a bit of coverage because (1) he’s Ringo and (2) he’s old. That is: The Washington Post: “Why is Ringo Starr still performing at 86? Because he can” Fox News: Ringo, at 86…

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New Goldstars: The Halloween Album

Audio: The Goldstars – “I Frankensteined U” From The Halloween Album, out now on Mordorlorff Music. It’s officially spooky season and what better way to celebrate than with …

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Threefer Thursday: Grooving With The Neville Brothers

I’ve been meaning to do a Threefer Thursday post on The Neville Brothers since we started the series in January. It’s October 1st now, and the time feels right to celebrate their New Orleans R&…

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The Lowest-Selling Number One Album

Billboard is a music industry trade publication so it doesn’t love reporting bad news. But this week’s number one album on the Billboard 200 chart, Ella Langley’s Dandelion, only &#8220…

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Runt Work

In a recent interview appearing in Vulture, Todd Rundgren, when asked by interlocutor Devon Ivie, “Where does the discipline come from to keep working when many of your contemporaries are choosing …

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Riot Fest 2026

One of the weirdest things about going back to Lollapalooza with my son for the past few years is just how young that crowd is. Like, too young to purchase alcohol. That isn’t an issue at Rio…

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Threefer Thursday: Releases from Sep 24, 1991

Who here remembers the early 90s? Can I get a show of hands? Because it turns out September 24, 1991 – a Tuesday – is one of the most important music release dates in modern history. Th…

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AI and Engelbert

Let’s put aside the concern that a rogue AI—or simply one that just can’t understand the whole “human” thing—will wipe out our species in the not-too-distant future. As people are wont to say when …

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Lost Classic: The Verve – A Storm In Heaven

The Verve: A Storm In Heaven (6/21/1993) Since so much of the Verve’s identity is centered on their third and most successful album, Urban Hymns, it’s hard to think about the band before thei…

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“Alive, She Cried”

“In a digital world, people will be increasingly attracted to real-world experiences that are immersive, emotional, contextual, and personal.” That’s one of the conclusions reached in the “PwC Glob…

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The Go: Secular Century Man

Video: The Go – “Secular Century Man” From Free Electricity, out now on Sub Pop. There’s no good reason the Go didn’t get as big as the Strokes. I wonder how their tra…

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Threefer Thursday: Aimee Mann Delivers Live

Singer and songwriter Aimee Mann celebrated a birthday this past Tuesday – September 8! She is one of my favorite songwriters. She writes incredible pop nuggets with simple chord structures b…

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Politics, Economics & Music

One thing that you probably don’t think about when it comes to music is the prevailing rate of inflation. Rather, inflation is something that you once thought about when it came to economics, but i…

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New Neil Young: Casting Me Away From You

Video: Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts – “Casting Me Away From You” From Second Song, out September 18. As much as I love Neil’s feral rockers, and his sloppily wasted di…

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What a Week

Good Golly, Miss Dolly! Dolly Parton was bigger than life but expressed essential humanity in her music and charitable activities. She was a performer the likes of which will not be seen or heard a…

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Threefer Thursday: Choice Beastie Boys Live Cuts

Mike D’s new solo record – Thank You – comes out tomorrow. In honor of that auspicious occasion, today’s Threefer Thursday will highlight a few select Beastie Boys live cuts to remind y…

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Metal, Metamucil & Mascara

If you were planning to attend the Gene Simmons’ Legends of Rock Expo next month at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, you’re going to have to change your plans. Due to a “major scheduling…

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Threefer Thursday: Warren Haynes, Master of Covers

Warren Haynes – frontman and guitarist in Gov’t Mule, former lynchpin in the Allman Brothers Band – has always been a choice player of tasty covers. And lucky for us, YouTube is full of…

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New Phoebe Bridgers: I Can’t Wait

Video: Phoebe Bridgers – “I Can’t Wait” Directed by Pablo Rochat and Chris Maggio. From Lost Weekend, out now on Dead Oceans. I’ve listened to the new Phoebe Bridgers …

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Not-So-Young Hearts Be Free, Tonight

While I have admittedly been critical of Rod Stewart—I can’t bring myself to add his title that is a result of his being formally knighted* on October 11, 2016—given what he’s been going through of…

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Threefer Thursday: Go See Robert Glasper

I got to see Robert Glasper last night, and it was a treat. You should go see him, too. Glasper is a jazz pianist with his feet firmly planted in R&B and hip hop as well. He’s won 5 Grammys fro…

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My Vinyl Solution: Round Five

Back in December I decided it would be a good idea to listen to all my records in alphabetical order. The idea was to enjoy the things I have instead of coveting the things I don’t. And also …

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The Sounds of Joy?

Suno, the AI platform that takes text prompts and turns them into music, has been sued multiple times for issues related to copyright infringement. Which sort of makes sense because it has admitted…

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