Music For Product Of The Seventies
Think good music disappeared with Skynrd? Are seventies revival acts the only concerts you see anymore? With this feature I’ll try to spotlight current music guaranteed to be enjoyed by us Products of the Seventies. Put on your headphones, maybe torch a bowl if your life still allows that, and give this one some concentration. [...]
Featured Video: Disco Apache
Could there be a greater video ever made? Seriously. From 1977 (I believe). Can you hear the musicians / dancers telling to their kids about this? And how mortified those kids would be to see this video?
Spring Wind
Singer Songwriter Greg Brown writes a beautiful song. Here are a couple verses from one of my favorites: I lived awhile without you, darn near half my life. I no longer see our unborn children, born to you my unwed wife. But yesterday I had a vision, beneath the tree where we once talked, of [...]
Featured Video: Deadly Bipolar Disorder – Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius was probably the most important and talented bass player of that generation, and perhaps since. My point of view is different from most, I lost a son to bipolar disorder, also as a result of bipolar mania. The disorder is more dangerous than anyone can imagine. On this video he’s playing bass guitar [...]
Tom Petty
Not only has Petty survived, he’s continued to develop and mature as an artist, not content to merely play his oldiies. From a recent interview by Rolling Stone, here’s some highlights: Tom Petty spoke to Rolling Stone for nearly six hours over two days — including his 59th birthday, October 20th — about his rock [...]
