With Bob in the Basement
Been spending most of the week in the basement, seemingly the best place to listen to “Bob Dylan and the Band: The Basement Tapes Complete.” It’s also where my stereo…
Demi Lovato’s Other Dragon
Demi Lovato begins her 28-city arena tour Saturday in Baltimore, but she looked a little more nervous facing 1,700 advocates in a hotel ballroom as part of the National Alliance…
Mr. Rock Demon Regrets
It was the throwaway part of an interview. The part where the professionally outspoken Gene Simmons of Kiss, famous for spitting blood on stage, instead spit his venom, uttering things…
A Trove of New ‘Basement Tapes’ Songs
Nearly half a century after someone dashed them away, like most folks do in their basement, a few boxes of unrecorded handwritten lyrics of Bob Dylan from the “Basement Tapes”…
The Rolling Stones, July 12, 1962
To mark the 52nd anniversary of the band's first gig, at the Marquee in London, the Rolling Stones website printed its setlist from that night, a delicious 12-song survey of…
The Very Nostalgic Rock Hall Inductions
There should be some consideration in the coming years, not to have an annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony; to skip a year or so. There is…
The Beatles’ First U.S. Show Was 50 Years Ago Tonight in D.C.
In the teeth of the Olympics and "The Walking Dead," the two hour special marking the 50th anniversary of The Beatles U.S. television debut Sunday drew 14 million viewers, showing…
Paul and Ringo Get Back
For all its hype and pitfalls, "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles" on Sunday had its moments -- the ones connected to the band itself.…
When The Beatles Made Their Bow on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 Years Ago Tonight
It's one of those indelible grade school memories: Winter, Sunday night and a family TV tradition, "The Ed Sullivan Show." The silvery curtains rise, and out he comes, looking more…
Report from Star-Starved Amnesty Show
It might have palled against the big Amnesty International shows of the late 80s because of lack of publicity as much as from the lack of huge stars. True, Madonna…