Dylan--He Ain't Got No Home. Amazing live from '68.

If pressed to name my favorite Dylan Thing Right Now, I'd have to say it's his performance of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't ...

A Tale of Two Warlocks--a video essay in two parts.

Two movies I made and uploaded to Facebook, because YouTube deemed both in breach of their ever-stricter copyright rules. Hey...I'm not ...

Anatomy of 'Trains'

                                                                                     cd art by Marisa Filippone I wondered how long it would...

Ships. Fools. Discuss.

From Wikipedia:  "Ship of Fools (painted c. 1490–1500) is a painting by Hieronymus Bosch which shows prodigal humans wasting their l...

"I've Got Me Own Album To Do!" "Really? Why?"

The emergence of the solo album, specifically by a member of a functioning band, in my estimation, coincided with their being an excess of m...

XTC were the best live band from 1979-82 and that's all.

At the bottom of this blog will be a link to a (very enjoyable) 20-song file of live XTC songs I've lovingly compiled from various onlin...

Where's this obsession coming from? Three men, three defining moments.

Whenever I begin formulating some musical thesis, there's a good chance that it will revolve around, or at least tangentially mention an...

The Curious Parallels in the Careers of Nesmith and Garcia

 The Seeds of My Perspective and Aesthetics In music, as in all things in life, I'm a fan of the level playing field and of judging t...