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"Now the first of December was covered with snow So was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston Though the Berkshires seem dreamlike on...

Two legends having fun with a great tune that isn't sappy or profound. I hope that the "Annual Gift Guy" finds you all well an...

MR TAMBOURINE MAN Purists will go to great lengths to protect an art form from becoming diluted or tainted by the introduction of elements t...

DAMN THE TORPEDOES In "The Hero With a Thousand Faces", Joseph Campbell described apotheosis as the expansion of consciousness th...

Bedtime stories for rock toddlers.

Another sad anniversary is marked today, which needs no explanation. It is hard to believe that twenty-nine years have passed since a very s...

GOODBYE Parting gifts come in varied forms, garnering different reactions from their recipients. When the bearers of said farewell offer...

ARTHUR (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) "You're gonna find out just how powerful America is, you Limey bastard!!...

Presenting the Rolling Stones on their much documented 1969 US tour. They came, packed venues and laid a somewhat dubious claim to the t...

ALL THE BEST COWBOYS HAVE CHINESE EYES Mid-points in any journey or experience are a curious place at which to arrive. You can look over...

One of the most versatile singer/songwriter/instrumentalists to ever grace the stage, Bobby Darin packed quite a bit of accomplishment into ...

Bat Out of Hell-Live Filmed at the Stadthalle Offenbach, Bat Out of Hell: The Original Tour captures the raw excitement of Meat Loaf’s epic...

LED ZEPPELIN II Some of the finest albums of the rock era are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, with Abbey Road, Tommy and L...

BIG MAN October 21st saw the release of "Big Man", the larger than life autobiography of Clarence Clemons. Recognized as the most ...

Widely hailed as their supreme recorded achievement, an opinion with which the band members themselves concur, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was ...

THE RAMONES Every now and then, a band lands on the music scene like a ton of bricks on a cupcake. What else can be said about these guys? H...

WORLD WIDE LIVE Have you ever seen a more excited bunch of faces superimposed on an album cover? Look at Rudy Schenker (top left). He seems...

FREE FOR ALL Quite often, in the midst of the feeding frenzies that accompany trends in music, a record will quietly appear that has little ...