The right music can be life-altering. Here are six artists whose music changed my life in some way…
Pat Benatar Crimes of Passion (1980)
Picture it. It’s 1981. I’m nine years old and there is still one older sister out of three living at home with me. My older sister is seventeen and has a stereo that plays vinyl. Every night, I hear her playing songs by Hall & Oates, Rose Royce, […]
The live album test
Some years ago, I remember having a conversation with a friend who had just bought a new album and was disappointed because she hadn’t realized it was a “live recording”. She objected to the sound of the roar of the crowd and the variations on studio perfection that come out on live albums. My friend said she planned to take the album back to the store because, in her words, “if […]
Money Mike and Paul live blogged the Grammy Awards earlier today. I’m on the West Coast so I get to watch the show on the dreaded tape delay. And just to make sure we have that West Coast point of view on the show, I’m going to give you the play by play as well.
The last few years that I’ve blogged this show, I’ve mentioned the need for coffee. Last year I made it all […]