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Five reasons not to watch the Super Bowl
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard that Super Bowl XLVI airs this Sunday. If you have been living under a rock, you might seriously consider heading back there until Monday, because … Continue reading →
It’s so easy (Why Guns N’ Roses deserves to be buried in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
The newest class of nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced today, and as usual the list is split between old-school pioneers who did very little rocking (Freddie King, the Spinners), classic rockers (Heart, Donovan, the … Continue reading →
The L-word
We’ve all grossly mangled song lyrics, right? Of course we have. My friend Patrick spent years believing ELO’s “Evil Woman” was actually called “He Is A Woman,”while my mother-in-law went the other way, translating Aerosmith’s “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)” … Continue reading →
Ch-ch-changes
Change is in the air: I woke up this morning without anywhere to be, unemployed for the first time in almost seven years. I got up and got dressed, just as I always do, had breakfast, grabbed the morning paper, … Continue reading →
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gets it right
I don’t usually pay much attention to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The whole idea just seems absurd, frankly. When I was a teenager staring up at pictures of KISS, Def Leppard and Judas Priest, I never once … Continue reading →
Now Playing: Freedy Johnston, “The Lucky One”
Ignore the fact that in this video he looks like a scary cross between Giovanni Ribisi and a serial-killer version of Jerry Seinfeld. Also, what’s up with the blindfold? Get past all that, and this is a beautiful song. Throughout … Continue reading →
Time stand still
When last we left our intrepid would-be time traveler, he—that is, I—was reuniting with his/my childhood friends Jason and Keith, who had come to Atlanta for a Rush concert on the band’s 2010 “Time Machine Tour.” Jason and I hadn’t … Continue reading →
If I could wave my magic wand…
When I was in grade school, way back in the Cambrian era, my dad and I—OK, mostly my dad—built a time machine. My memories of its origins are hazy, but the inspiration for its construction was a book or series … Continue reading →