Apropos of Nothing

The sound of Julien Baker's "Turn Out the Lights" is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of "the Memp...

There was little doubt before 2017 that Rhiannon Giddens was a singular artist, but whatever doubt might have been left was thrown out wit...

Sunny Sweeney is just one of the many terrific woman artists who have risen to the top of the country music universe in the past several y...

This comment may give some hardcore Zeppelin fans heartburn, but it seems to me that their post-band careers have proven that Robert Plant...

The album "Lotta Sea Lice" came out in the fall, and it's definitely one of my 2017 favorites.  Part of what I like about it...

Rolling Stone is doing it, Pitchfork is doing it, NPR is doing it, and I'm sure I've left out a few.  Everyone is choosing their t...

With two outstanding albums released in the span of 8 months, it's safe to say that "Traveller" was no fluke, and that Chris...

I've been saying this for a while, but I'm bound and determined to get this ship sailing again.  Whether it's college football...

As great as Tom Petty was, I'm not sure he ever got his due.  Throughout the course of an amazing career, it always seemed as if someo...

If you became a college football fan at any time from the mid-1960s through the mid 1970s, you were fed a steady dish of Notre Dame footb...

It's probably a fair bet that when the death of J. Geils was announced earlier this week, the mental picture that most people had in...

This is something that I've been thinking about doing for a while, so I guess this falls into the "better late than never" cat...

Memorializing. The Weight of These Wings, Miranda Lambert Blue and Lonesome - The Rolling Stones 57th and 9th, Sting Joanne - Lady G...

Those of you who know me well know that I think "The Empire Strikes Back" is not only the best Star Wars movie, but one of the g...

Before I was into music, before I was into movies, before I was into sports...I was into the political process.  Who knows, maybe it had s...

So last week got a little busy, and on the day of our first presidential debate we find ourselves more than a week behind on the "Ameri...