Last time, in the context of writing about Continuum Books’ 33 1/3 series of books on important rock albums of the past four decades, I brie...

This morning, David Barker, editor of Continuum’s 33 1/3 series of books on significant albums of the past forty years, posted the master li...

British pop star Dave Dee, born David Harman—who holds the distinction of having one of best whip cracks on record in pop music history—died...

A few days ago, in my post titled “Year One: Reflections,” I mentioned that my interpretations of pop songs such as “Judy In Disguise (With ...

1. Keith Richards drinks and smokes, Madonna works out—while the display of the body is central to rock culture, their bodies reveal distinc...

Ron Asheton, guitarist with The Stooges, has been found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, according to this report ; he was 60 years ...

Yesterday, January 4, represented the first anniversary of 60x50 . I made my first post one year ago yesterday. As of yesterday, I have post...

The death of a rock star is not without commercial potential. I was reminded of this truth by this afternoon’s programming on TV LAND , whic...

Collecting—whether autographs, beer cans, baseball cards, comic books, stamps or records—is an activity that borders on the autistic. Autist...

I’d like to be able to say that the world is fundamentally different this morning from the way it was last night when I went to bed, but ala...

Have a Funky New Year everyone! And thanks very much for visiting my blog! See you next year.

Prompted by a notice in yesterday’s paper that on this December 29 Marianne Faithfull celebrated her sixty-second birthday, I began thinking...