ONE TO ONE: John & Yoko | YOKO by David Sheff

I have a pathological need to identify every location in NYC that appears in a film or tv or random photo, so when the first shot of ONE TO ONE : JOHN & YOKO appears on the screen, out of focus, fuzzy, zooming in on a crowd of people, I immediately

Michael Monroe, the Machine Shop, Flint, MI, April 5, 2025

He’s one of those people who was born to be onstage.

A Celebration of Patti Smith, Carnegie Hall, March 26, 2025

My favorite element has always been figuring out what songs the artists decide they want to perform and how they interpret them.

Music Book Review: "Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story Of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival"

There is dirt. There is sex and drugs. There are internecine squabbles.

Music Book Review: "Heartbreaker," by Mike Campbell

I read "Heartbreaker" in three days. I didn’t want to put it down.

Music Book Review: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly

What Pelly’s book does a fantastic job of uncovering is how Spotify just does not care about music.

Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, March 8, 2025

they call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie

David Johansen: David Johansen

let's just dance.

Learning Songwriting with Brian Eno

"It all feeds you."

For Marianne Faithfull.

side two. song four.

Visiting the MC5 Inductee Exhibit at the Rock Hall

Staying alive with the MC5

Double Dynamite: Sam Moore & Bruce Springsteen on the Asbury Park Boardwalk

In December of 2003, Bruce Springsteen once again returned to fabulous Convention Hall in beautiful Asbury Park, NJ for what had become a semi-regular tradition of benefit Christmas shows in his adopted hometown. Joining him were the Max Weinberg 7, the Alliance Singers, Steve Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren, Southside Johnny,