With the launch of his new season, talk show host Carson Daly announced that he would be bringing music back into focus on his (waaay too late for me, thank you DVR) Last Call late night talk show. Seeing he cut his Hollywood pearly whites on music, that’s probably a smart move. Even better...
October 9, 2010 marks the 70th birthday of John Lennon and the world is paying homage. Double Fantasy Stripped Down has been released, radio stations everywhere have programmed John Lennon tributes and even Google is in observance. But perhaps most significantly, Yoko Ono will be in Iceland relighting the Imagine Peace Tower in his...
The Making of Darkness… documentary aired on HBO last night and as expected I loved every last minute. Don’t miss it. I’d go as far to say that it’s required viewing for disciples of Bruce as well as music fans – period. There were many highlights with the first being lots of smokin’ hot...
When I saw GAYNGS on Jimmy Fallon this week, it was instant love…furry hats and beards and all. They’re like this big groove stew made up of a bunch of cool musicians from all different bands (Bon Iver, Andrew Bird, etc) and on their TV debut, they stole the show along with my affection....
To think his career began by making tea and coffee at Abbey Road studios over 40 years ago, is almost unimaginable. But that’s how veteran engineer, producer and recording artist Alan Parsons first started finely tuning his ears to the elements of great sound. Where do you go when your first music industry gig...
It’s been almost a year since that magical night at the Meadowlands and I still get chills thinking about it. It was the first night (Sept. 30, ’09) of Bruce’s last call at the old Giants stadium – a Born to Run night – and it was extraordinary in every possible way. I’ve seen...