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In the Cantina and Out of the Can: The SMiLE Sessions
My history of Smile: Late autumn of 10th grade (1988-89), I was submerged in all things 1965-69. Mostly, things that involved fuzzed out gui...

The Beach Boys and Kinks 1967-72: Honest Outsiders
Well, well. It's Kinks season. Greys and yellows and leaves gathering on the ground. Tea and sweaters and darker beers. The mindless ide...

Where Have I Been? Good Question. I Have a Good Answer.
I got married. ...

Summah '83!!!! (Summer, 1983)
The author at Age 10, Carl Thomas Memorial Field, Noth Andover, MA. Spring 1983. Finally, nostalgia for something I actually experienced! (...

Reed and Cale, 1970-71--Scoping out the youth scene.
"What's this, The Bee Gees? The Band?" No, it's John Cale from his solo debut. "What's this, Steely Dan? The Dea...

Ok, I guess this drumming bit has been my life.
A few weeks ago I had been making mental lists of all the awesome, creative things I was going to do with my free time this summer after I...

Rekindling an Old Flame--The Fall
I originally posted this four years ago on The Living Rockumentary , but felt it was worth a trotting-out...I've since bought This Awes...

Happy Birthday Mr. Jerry. A list and a LOT of noise.....
I was gonna make a podcast commemorating what would have been Garcia's 69th bday and stuff, but wasn't really feeling it. Suffice t...

Dylan and Friends Loving Music....
(Keep reading to find a link to a specially prepared mix of Dylan and his heavy friends doing fun covers and odd rearrangements of his own s...